The Sexual Abuse of Women in Ancient Rome

And how it led to the downfall of the Roman monarchy

The Story of Lucretia by Sandro Botticelli. Here citizens with swords are swearing the overthrow of the Roman monarchy
Source-Wikipedia

The role of women in ancient Rome was only limited to a faithful wife and dutiful mother. Adultery was a punishable offense and a woman was banished from society. A woman’s virginity was an obsession for men and ideally, her sex life began only after marriage. Women had no political and legal standing and…