CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Yolk, Evil Eye, Toga
16 Nov 2015
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Stola: female toga you wear once married. Female can consent to marriage at 7 years old. Men have no particular legal age; finish 3 stages of roman education first. Need bride, groom, and oldest living male in bride"s family consent. With manus: leaves power of father, under legal power of husband. Without manus: woman still legally and financially under dad"s power. Offer up childhood dolls; no longer a girl. This word is used to describe color of sunset, egg yolk. Move from fathers to husbands house, led by large crowds. Matron of honor (married once before) links right hands of bride and groom, equivalent to wedding ring. Marriage chants, obscenities to avert the evil eye. Concordia: married in harmony, advance property and reputation of household. Text: only some had access to sacred books. Uniformity: not everyone observed the same gods (varied by geography, gender) No ethical guidance: roman gods seemed to epitomize the worst morals of humans .
