quo tempore matronae Brutorum domum ausae sunt obsidere, qui abrogationi legis Oppiae intercedere parati erant, quam feminae tolli cupiebant, quia iis nec veste varii coloris uti nec auri plus semunciam habere nec iuncto vehiculo propius urbem mille passus nisi sacrificii gratia vehi permittebat.
At that period the matrons dared to lay siege to the house of the Bruti, who were prepared to veto the repeal of the Oppian law. Women wanted this law annulled because it forbade them to wear multi-coloured dresses or to own more than half an ounce of gold or to ride in a yoked vehicle within a mile of the city except for the purpose of sacrifice.
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