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** Because he blames himself for driving her to it. Also, just because it was culturally sanctioned for a man to kill a cheating wife doesn't mean anybody involved would have been happy about it. He loved her; he didn't want her to have cheated on him ''or'' to kill her; and she had an excuse in that she'd thought he was dead when she slept with the other guy. As for the kids, they liked her much better than him -- she'd raised them, and then he came back from the war this gruff, unapproachable, temperamental stranger who turned the house into [[Dysfunction Junction]], despite (well, some of the time) his efforts to the contrary. It was [[Crapsack World|not a pleasant situation for anyone]].
*** All of that is true, however it still gets spun out beyond all reason. As I recall, Vorena doesn't begin to forgive Lucius until Titus Pullo tells her that her mother killed herself, in what I think was the ''last'' episode. It seems like [[Cannot Spit It Out]] for the sake of drama. After learning that, she forgives him amazingly quickly, of course.
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