ARRIA  , in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• HISTORY

history, the heroic wife of See also:

• CAECINA

Caecina Paetus . When her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband was implicated in the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of Scribonianus against the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius (A.D . 42), and condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death, she resolved not to survive him . She accordingly stabbed herself with a See also:

• DAGGER

dagger, which she then handed to him with the words, " Paetus, it does not hurt " (Paete, non See also:

• DOLET, ETIENNE (1509-1546)

dolet; see See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Epp. iii . 16; See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

Martial i . 14; Dio See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius lx . 16) . Her daughter, also called Arria, was the wife of Thrasea Paetus . When he was condemned to death by See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero, she would have imitated her See also:

• MOTHER

mother's example, but was dissuaded by her husband, who entreated her to live for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of their See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . She was sent into banishment (See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, xvi . 34) .