Verginia

Romanino, The Death of Verginia.
For the gens, see Verginia gens.
Not to be confused with Virginia.

Verginia, or Virginia (c. 465 BC – 449 BC), was the subject of an ancient Roman story recounted in Roman historian Livy's text Ab Urbe Condita. Upon a threat to her virtue, Verginia was killed by her father Verginius. Livy directly links Verginia's death to the overthrow of the decemviri and the re-establishment of the Roman Republic.[1][2]

  1. ^ Livy, History of Rome; book 3, chapter 44-58
  2. ^ "Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology > v. 3, page 1267". Archived from the original on 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2007-12-14.