Hortensia Speech Before The Second Trivirate Summary

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Hortensia's speech before the Second Triumvirate "Hortensia's speech before the Second Triumvirate: Rome, 42 B.C." was an outrage of women of Rome against the tax law put forward by the Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Marcus Antonius in order to sponsor a war against the enemy of the Republic, those who conspired to assassinate Julius Cesar. Prior to enforcing the tax law in order to collect from rich women, the triumvirs prosecuted men as enemies of the state and sold their assets to fund the war. However, when men's money were not enough, the triumvirs turned to the rich women. The women affected by the law went to the women close to the triumvirs and found support in most of them. However, Fulvia, the wife of Marcus Antonius, did not wish to support them, and upset by this the women decided to go in front of the forum hosted by the tribunal of the triumvirs. Hortensia, a great orator of her time, was selected as a speaker for the group. …show more content…

However, since they did not receive support from all of their women, they had no other choice but to come and speak at the forum themselves. She says that after losing their husbands, brothers, and sons to the persecutions by the triumvirs, if their property is also taken away they will be worthless and shamed. Also, if their actions against the women are based on something bad they did, they should persecuted them in the same way they persecuted their husbands. However, they did not commit any such crime. Why should they give contributions if they have no rights and voices in the politics. Despite it being a time of war, never in history it was that women had to give contributions. The only contributions that women made where in form of jewels and they did it on their own free will. Also, the women refuse to pay taxes for such cause as

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