rome

• what were the reasons for marriage?

  • to solidify a business/political transaction
  • improve social standing
  • financial gain
• did the bride have a choice as to who she married?

  they did have the choice to reject a marriage agreement, if the had a strong reason

  however, there was a lot of pressure on them to agree
• did they have a dowry? how did it differ to athens?


  yes, it would not be returned in the event of a divorce
• what did it mean to be married cum manu?


  wife legally transferred to husband's family
• what did it mean to be married sin manu?


  bride remained under the control of her paterfamilias
• what was a coemptio marriage?


  • cum manu
  • bride was symbolically sold to the groom
• what was a confarreatio marriage?


  • cum manu
  • traditional patrician marriage
• what was an usus marriage?


  • sin manu
  • popular
  • no formal ceremony