Roman charity

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English

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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