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Pætus and Arria

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death of Arria: to show her husband how to die she stabs herself and hands her husband the dagger with the words 'Paete non dolet'

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Paetus en Arria
Richard Collin (mentioned on object), 1676
Pætus and Arria
Robert John Dunkarton (mentioned on object), 1773-05-01
Pætus and Arria
Robert John Dunkarton (mentioned on object), 1773-05-01

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death of Arria: to show her husband how to die she stabs herself and hands her husband the dagger with the words 'Paete non dolet'

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