____________________
____________________
____________________
,
last
king
of
Rome
,
being
engaged
in
the
siege
of
Ardea
,
sent
his
son
,
____________________
____________________
,
on
a
military
errand
to
Collatia
.
____________________
was
received
with
great
hospitality
at
the
governor's
mansion
,
home
of
____________________
____________________
____________________
,
son
of
the
king's
nephew
,
____________________
____________________
,
former
governor
of
Collatia
and
first
of
the
Tarquinii
Collatini
.
Lucius'
wife
,
____________________
,
daughter
of
____________________
____________________
,
prefect
of
Rome
,
"
a
man
of
distinction
"
,
made
sure
that
the
king's
son
was
treated
as
became
his
rank
,
although
her
husband
was
away
at
the
siege
.
At
night
____________________
entered
her
bedroom
by
stealth
,
quietly
going
around
the
slaves
who
were
sleeping
at
her
door
.
She
awakened
,
he
identified
himself
and
offered
her
two
choices
:
she
could
submit
to
his
sexual
advances
and
become
his
wife
and
future
queen
,
or
he
would
kill
her
and
one
of
her
slaves
and
place
the
bodies
together
,
then
claim
he
had
caught
her
having
adulterous
sex
(
see
sexuality
in
ancient
Rome
for
Roman
attitudes
toward
sex
)
.
In
the
alternative
story
,
he
returned
from
camp
a
few
days
later
with
one
companion
to
take
____________________
up
on
his
invitation
to
visit
and
was
lodged
in
a
guest
bedroom
.
He
entered
Lucretia's
room
while
she
lay
naked
in
her
bed
and
started
to
wash
her
belly
with
water
,
which
woke
her
up
.
