Married Women

There should be no doubt that marriage was a very important institution in Roman society. The state encouraged it because it produced new citizens. Individual people, too, had many reasons to crave for a family. In the lower classes it provided social security: it was not good to grow old without children. Well born people wanted legitimate offspring to inherit their property and to continue their line, that is, to ensure their immortality after death. Males did not usually need marriage for sex, although many females did. In Chapter 6 we will discuss other sexual relations, and the definition of marriage. The present chapter is devoted to the role of the housewife and to her economic independence.

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