Roman Marriage

Lusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7516232
AutoresSusan Treggiari (autor de correspondencia)
Año1991
Páginas578
Fecha de publicación1991-06-20
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaRoman marriage (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198148906.001.0001
OpenAlexW4388379287
Open LibraryOL1860777M
ISBN9780198148906
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas301

Marriage, a fundamental institution in human societies, takes varying forms. This book seeks to explore the practicalities, the cultural assumptions, and the affective possibilities of marriage during the later Republic and the Principate (c.100 BC-AD 235). It takes a fresh view of the interaction of law and reality within Roman marriage, and builds on the accumulation of legal scholarship in the field, as well as on the latest insights into Roman society. Through detailed examination of original sources (which are translated), Professor Treggiari shows that marriage affected a Roman woman's social status and might entail legal consequences. The socio-legal effect on a man as an individual was less striking but it enabled him to father legitimate children, which was the main object of the institution. The creation of new family alignments, shifts in the distribution of property, and the birth of new generations were important for society as a whole. Professor Treggiari also examines the dynamics of the various influences on the choice of partner; behavioural norms; and the motives for divorce

Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Institution · Object (grammar · Political science · Principate · Property (philosophy · Scholarship · Social institution · Social science · Sociology · The Republic · Gender Studies · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · History · Marriage · Marriage (Roman law)