Aulus Caecina Paetus
Pierre Lepautre
, 1681)Aulus Caecina Paetus (died AD 42) was a
Gaius Caninius Rebilus
as his colleague.
When the sentence was handed down, it was determined that he would be allowed to kill himself rather than face the emperor's wrath. However, when the time came, Paetus wavered in his resolution to do so. His wife Arria stabbed herself first in order to give him the courage to do this and handed him the dagger saying "Non dolet, Paete!" ("It doesn't hurt, Paetus!")[1]
Paetus and Arria had several children together. Those who survived to adulthood included:
- Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Paetus, suffect consul in 70, and adopted by Gaius Laecanius Bassus;
- Caecina Arria, wife of Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.
References
Further reading
- Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Pauline Schmitt. A History of Women in the West, Volume I. Belknap Press. 2000
External links
- Women's life in Greece and Rome Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
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