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sweetest verses , and whose name is , we believe , identified with that of one Claudiamentionedtogether with those of Pudens and
, , Linus , in St , Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy . She is supposed , by many writersto have been the daughter of Caractaeus . It is
, certain that that British prince was accompanied to Rome by his wife and childfor they are mentioned as having been presented
, before Claudius . The name of Claudia , translated into Celtic , would be Gladys Ruffyth . Martial addresses her husband and herself as
Pudens and Rufina , and he also dedicates two or three of his epigrams to Linus , proving the connection of the three :
"ON THE MARRIAGE OF CLAUDIA AM ) _PUBENS . " From Rufus foreign lands and desert smiles isles ,
M O y Pudens , won brings by C his laudia faithful ' s wife . , To life of happiness exempt from strife . "
And again : ¦ Martial , Book iv ., Ep . 13 . 46 _ON CLAUDIA _RUFESTA .
" C From laudi sea a R - ufina girt islan now d home of Roman they fame say she ! came , Where painted , Britons , fierce and savage , dwell
A In Latian earth ' s soul remotest now flashes parts , as from travellers her tell . Her beauty ' s perfect , and her symm eye etry , .
The O lad arts y fair with ! Now thee Greek contest and with Roman rival claims dames . " Martial , Book xi ., Ep . 54 .
With Claudia any individual mention of British women by Roman writers ceases . Britain was now a Roman province and identified
with the mother country . On the appointment of Agricola as governorthe policy , by which the Romans had hitherto been
, guided , was changed . The arts of peace were found more powerful in reconciling the Britons to their conquerors than the force of
arms . Agricola tamed their fierce dispositions by introducing the luxuries and conveniences of civilized life . He encouraged them to
erect temples , forums and houses , and the natives were incited by the display of Roman profusion to emulate the civilization of the
Imperial city . They exchanged the rude garb of their ancestors for the dignified toga . And it would be difficult to imagine a more
becoming dress than that assumed by the women . A tunic , often richly embroidered , descended to the feet , over which was arranged
- in many a varying form the pella , answering to our modern shawl . It was large and ampleand varied in texture to suit the seasons .
, Sometimes it was wound round the waist and then passed over the shoulders , or it was wrapped about the head , or it entirely
enveloped the figure . The intricacy of its convolutions prevented it from , falling off ; it was never secured by any species of fastening .
l avi shed costume much attention comp . let If ed a law were enacted es , upon at the whi Cap ch itol Rom to
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42 THE MANNER GE LIFE OF WOMEN IN ENGLAND .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 42, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/42/
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