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  2. Marriage in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    In the case of Roman citizen men, it is not clear whether the condition that a man is not able to have a concubine at the time that he has a wife pre-dates or post-dates the Constantinian law; [33] ie., whether concubinage existed concurrently with marriage for men in Ancient Rome has been debated in modern scholarship and the evidence is ...

  3. Weddings in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of two lovers at a wedding. From the Aldobrandini Wedding fresco. The precise customs and traditions of weddings in ancient Rome likely varied heavily across geography, social strata, and time period; Christian authors writing in late antiquity report different customs from earlier authors writing during the Classical period, with some authors condemning practices described by ...

  4. List of Roman laws - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of Roman laws. ... Regarding marriage. Lex Junia Norbana: ... The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. VII, part 2, The Rise of Rome to 220 BC, ...

  5. Lex Papia Poppaea - Wikipedia

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    The Lex Papia et Poppaea, also referred to as the Lex Iulia et Papia, was a Roman law introduced in 9 AD to encourage and strengthen marriage. It included provisions against adultery and against celibacy after a certain age and complemented and supplemented Augustus ' Lex Iulia de maritandis ordinibus of 18 BC and the Lex Iulia de adulteriis ...

  6. Manus marriage - Wikipedia

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    Manus (/ ˈ m eɪ n ə s / MAY-nəs; Latin:) was an Ancient Roman type of marriage, [1] of which there were two forms: cum manu and sine manu. [2] In a cum manu marriage, the wife was placed under the legal control of the husband. [1] [2] In a sine manu marriage, the wife remained under the legal control of her father. [3]

  7. List of ancient legal codes - Wikipedia

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    Halakha (Jewish religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions) Draconian constitution (late 7th century BC) Solonian Constitution (early 6th century BC) Gortyn code (5th century BC) Twelve Tables of Roman Law (451 BC) Edicts of Ashoka of Buddhist Law (269–236 BC) Law of Manu (c ...

  8. Confarreatio - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Rome, confarreatio was a traditional patrician form of marriage. [1] The ceremony involved the bride and bridegroom sharing a cake of emmer, in Latin far or panis farreus, [2] [3] hence the rite's name. (Far is often translated as "spelt", which is inaccurate as the grain used was Triticum dicoccum , not Triticum speltum. [4])

  9. Roman law - Wikipedia

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    Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the Corpus Juris Civilis (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I.