Insights on the Treatment of Women in Early Rome: A Fragment of Naevius

 Desubito famam tollunt si quam solam videre in via.

--Naevius fr. 12, quoted in Nonius

Suddenly, they raise hell if they see a woman alone on the street.

NAEVIUS	MAP:
Name:  Gnaeus Naevius Date:  3rd c. BCE Works:  tragedies & comedies [now lost]	REGION  1
BIO:	Timeline:
Naevius was an Italian poet who wrote comedies, tragedies, and satires during the 3rd century BCE. His works were often considered salacious; he was imprisoned, freed, and later exiled because of his works. Although he wrote dozens of plays and a history of the First Punic War, these are no longer extant; his works only survive in fragments and quotes preserved by other authors.	EARLY ROMAN LITERATURE