What was the PRIMARY purpose of Livy\'s recounting of the story of the Rape of L

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Question

What was the PRIMARY purpose of Livy's recounting of the story of the Rape of Lucretia in his History of Rome? Choose only one.

Question 1 options:

To argue that the Brutus who killed Julius Caesar was a reincarnation of the founder of the Republic.

To explain the overthrow of the Tarquin Dynasty and the founding of the Roman Republic.

To show was a coward Collatinus was, compared with Brutus.

To celebrate the patriotic virtues of Roman women.

To argue that the Brutus who killed Julius Caesar was a reincarnation of the founder of the Republic.

To explain the overthrow of the Tarquin Dynasty and the founding of the Roman Republic.

To show was a coward Collatinus was, compared with Brutus.

To celebrate the patriotic virtues of Roman women.

Solution:(b) is correct

To explain the overthrow of the Tarquin Dynasty and the founding of the Roman Republic.

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