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Sed quo matronale decus uerecundiae munimento tutius esset, in ius uocanti matronam corpus eius adtingere non permiserunt, ut inuiolata manus alienae tactu stola relinqueretur. Vini usus olim Romanis feminis ignotus fuit, ne scilicet in aliquod dedecus prolaberentur, quia proximus a Libero patre intemperantiae gradus ad inconcessam uenerem esse consueuit. ceterum ut non tristis earum et horrida pudicitia, sed et honesto comitatis genere temperata esset,—indulgentibus namque maritis et auro abundanti et multa purpura usae sunt—quo formam suam concinniorem efficerent, summa cum diligentia capillos cinere rutilarunt: nulli enim tunc subsessorum alienorum matrimoniorum oculi metuebantur, sed pariter et uidere sancte et aspici mutuo pudore custodiebatur.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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