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ARRIA , in See also:

Roman See also:history, the heroic wife of See also:Caecina Paetus. When her See also:husband was implicated in the See also:conspiracy of Scribonianus against the See also:emperor See also:Claudius (A.D. 42), and condemned to See also:death, she resolved not to survive him. She accordingly stabbed herself with a See also:dagger, which she then handed to him with the words, " Paetus, it does not hurt " (Paete, non See also:dolet; see See also:Pliny, Epp. iii. 16; See also:Martial i. 14; Dio See also:Cassius lx. 16). Her daughter, also called Arria, was the wife of Thrasea Paetus. When he was condemned to death by See also:Nero, she would have imitated her See also:mother's example, but was dissuaded by her husband, who entreated her to live for the See also:sake of their See also:children. She was sent into banishment (See also:Tacitus, See also:Annals, xvi. 34).

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