This first Arria, her husband Caecina Paetus, having been taken prisoner by some of the Emperor Claudius' people, after Scribonianus' defeat, whose party he had embraced in the war, begged of those who were to carry him prisoner to Rome, that they would take her into their ship, where she would be of much less charge and trouble to them than a great many persons they must otherwise have to attend her husband, and that she alone would undertake to serve him in his chamber, his kitchen, and all other offices.
Lehen Arria horrek, Zezina Peto bere senarra Klaudio enperadoreren jendeek preso harturik, Eskribonianoren galtzearen ondotik, haren alderdiari baitzerraion, otoiztu zien Erromara preso zeramatenei, haien ontzian har zezatela, bere senarraren zerbitzurako beharko zuten jende andana baino gastu eta eragozpen gutiagokoa izanen baitzitzaiekeen, eta berak bakarrik zerbitzatuko zuela haren gelan, sukaldean eta garaitiko eginbehar guztietan.