CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Pater Familias, Potestas, Peristyle

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Not a personal relationship, but rather an economic arrangement between the groom and the bride"s father. Transfer of the bride from her fathers home to her new groom. The guarantee of this transaction was a dowry: usually property or money, used for the groom to use it as he sought fit. If the marriage was annulled, the dowry was to be returned to the bride"s family. Women originally not allowed to own property, so whatever she brought with her became the property of her husband. In early rome, changed as time went on. Significant age gap between spouses: men usually married in their mid to late twenties, women would marry shortly after puberty (13, 14, age gap increased the power of the husband in marriage. Males could commit adultery with slaves or free women, but women couldn"t. Husbands essentially had all of the economic control and rights/liberties. Nevertheless, husbands and wives eventually built close bonds.

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