Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius) - Life

Life

She was the wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo for 40 years, whom she married sometime between 49 BC and 42 BC. She was from a wealthy family as was her husband. They had no children. She so dedicated to her husband that when she couldn’t produce children, she offered to grant Quintus a divorce. He did not accept it and they remained married for the rest of their lives.

Turia was known for helping their female relatives that became of marrying age with financial assistance and other things as needed for their new marriage. These relatives otherwise would not have had these advantages that she provided the young brides.

Her loyalty and devotion to her husband was so rare that the other outlawed rebellions who had been proscribed by the triumvirs found themselves in disagreeable places, barely managing to escape inconceivable tortures, while Lucretius was safe in their bedroom in the arms of his gracious wife. She even went to extraordinary means playing the role of a woman that lost her husband in a battlefield someplace and he never returned. She would dress in old ragged clothing and be in unkept appearance. She even would put on a sad face with tearful eyes. This made everyone believe she lost her husband and he was nowhere to be found.