Roman charity

English

Cimon and Pero, Peter Paul Rubens (c.1625)

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Noun

Roman charity (countable and uncountable, plural Roman charities)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A story where someone is sentenced to die by starvation; but their daughter saves them by secretly breastfeeding them.

Further reading

• Roman charity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia