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[2] These men, however, were not able to complete the codification of the laws. One1 of them had conceived a passion for a maiden who was penniless but of good family, and at first he tried to seduce the girl2 by means of money; and when she would have nothing to do with him, he sent an agent to her home with orders to lead her into slavery.

1 Appius Claudius (Livy 3 44).

2 Verginia. The following story ranks among the most famous of Roman tradition. The classic account is in Livy 3.44 ff.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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