Verginia (wife of Lucius Volumnius Flamma)

Woodcut illustration of Verginia
Temple of Hercules

Verginia, sometimes spelled Virginia, was the daughter of Aulus Verginius, a Roman patrician. Her example of modesty and virtue in the face of adversity became famous in antiquity, and during the Middle Ages, she was celebrated as one of Boccaccio's Famous Women.[1][2]

  1. ^ The Ancient Library - Virginia number 2
  2. ^ Virginia Brown's translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Famous Women, pp. 129–130; Harvard University Press 2003; ISBN 0-674-01130-9, LVIII