Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian

ISBN-13: 9780198149392 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 600 str.

Susan M. Treggiari; Susan Treggiari

Opis

This book explores the practicalities, cultural assumptions, and affective possibilities of marriage during the later Republic and the Principate. It offers a fresh look at 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. Treggiari demonstrates that marriage affected a Roman woman's social status, and that while the socio-legal effect on a man was far less striking, marriage did enable a man to father legitimate children, the main object of the institution. The study also addresses the influences on the choice of partner, behavioral norms, and motives for divorce.

Recenzje

This brilliant book, immensely detailed, well organized, well-indexed and always accessible, defines the point from which future studies will have to begin.

Spis treści

List of abbreviations; Part I MATRIMONIUM: 1. Introduction; 2. Capacity and intent; Part II SPONSI: 3. Choosing a coniunx; 4. From negotiation to engagement; 5. Nova nupta and novus coniunx; Part III CONIUGES: The relationship of husband and wife: ideals and reality; 6. The Greek, philosophical background; 7. Graeco-Roman theory on marriage; 8. Coniugalis amor; 9. Sexual relations; Part IV MATERFAMILIAS and PATERFAMILIAS; 10. Dos; 11. Res; 12. Domus; Part V SEPARATION: 13. Divorce; 14. Death; 15. Conclusions; Appendices; Date chart; Nemra of the Julio-Claudian family; Bibliography; Index