Miles marianus
study and translation of the Major Declamation III, attributed to Quintilian
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https://doi.org/10.34019/2318-3446.2025.v13.46449Keywords:
stuprum; pudicitia; Major Declamations; Quintilian.Abstract
MD 3 is the defense of a soldier accused of murdering his superior due to the latter’s attempt to rape him. There are two crimes in question: murder and stuprum. In this context, we explore the plea crafted by the declaimer to defend the soldier, allowing us to examine the functioning and limits of desire and the notion of masculinity in Roman society. To this end, drawing on the orator's portrayal of both the soldier and the tribune, we particularly reference Langlands' work (2006) and, sporadically, the contributions of Alston (1998), Flores (2017), Manwell (2007), and Richlin (1993) on masculinity in Roman society and on uirtus, pudicitia, and stuprum. It’s noted in MD 3 that the soldier is praised through the invocation of the exempla of Lucretia and Virginia, which is taken as evidence of the era's decadence, given that a man has to resort to a feminine virtue (pudicitia) to defend himself against a corruptor (corruptor). Meanwhile, the tribune is portrayed as a depraved man due to his desire.
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