person
Claudia Quinta
A Roman matron whose disputed chastity was vindicated in 204 BC when she alone could draw the grounded ship bearing the Magna Mater up the Tiber; her statue twice survived fire.
Reading notes
- The Annals §4.64 Claudia Quinta
A matron whose contested chastity was proved in 204 BC when she alone drew the grounded ship of the Magna Mater up the Tiber; her statue twice escaped fire.