Roman_Marriage

Roman Marriage In the society of ancient Rome, the concept of marriage consisted of many aspects, the foremost of which was legal. As well known as Rome is for its legislative structure, it should be no surprise that the Romans ingrained marriage into their legal system. While it was sometimes love at first sight, marriage was most often arranged for the benefit of both families. A meeting took place at the house of the father of the bride, where certain issues of the marriage contract were discussed; the dowry in particular was finalized and agreed upon by both parties. This dowry, it should be mentioned, was a sum of money given to the bridegroom by the bride’s family, but it could also be an object of value, like gold jewelry or something of the sort. Romans married at what we today would consider a very young age. In fact, they married at so early an age that the law mandated that Roman boys could not marry prior to having reached their fourteenth year, and girls could not marry before the age of twelve. Most girls married at fourteen, and most boys whenever they could. marriage, roman, marry, manu, married, husband, rome, legal, father, egyptian, women, woman, wife, sine, man, law, egyptians, divorce, cum, citizens, both, alexandrian, age, while, together, themselves, should, romans, remained, property, past, one, marriages, live, kind