Lucretia
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According to Roman tradition, Lucretia, anglicized as Lucrece, was a noblewoman in ancient Rome. Sextus Tarquinius, the king's son, raped Lucretia, and her subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion
Lucretia by Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1627
Willem de Poorter's Lucrèce à l'ouvrage (1633), a less common depiction of Lucretia weaving with her ladies
Titian's Tarquin and Lucretia (1571), a depiction of Lucretia's rape by Sextus Tarquinius
Lucrecia, 1525, Monogrammist I.W. active in the Cranach studio c. 1520–1540. Lucretia wielding a dagger before her suicide.
The overthrow of the Roman monarchy was an event in ancient Rome that took place between the 6th and 5th centuries BC where a political revolution replaced the then-existing Roman monarchy under Luciu
The Capitoline Brutus, an ancient Roman bust in the Capitoline Museums, is traditionally identified as a portrait of Lucius Junius Brutus.
A coin depicting Lucius Junius Brutus, minted by his descendant Marcus Junius Brutus during his term as triumvir monetalis in 54 BC
Jacques-Louis David's 1789 painting The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, depicting Brutus contemplating the fate of his sons
Jacques-Antoine Beaufort's 1771 depiction of Brutus' oath and Lucretia's death