Women in Roman Law & Society"The book meets the highest standards of scholarly rigor, and treatment of disputed issues is informative without being esoteric. An excellent general survey and introduction." -- Choice ..". will be enormously useful for those interested in teaching courses on Roman women or Roman law." -- The Classical Outlook |
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Page 56
... Concubines A concubine was a free woman who was cohabiting with a man , without being his wife ; it was not thought permissible for a man to have both a concubine and a wife simultaneously.93 The fact of their living together would ...
... Concubines A concubine was a free woman who was cohabiting with a man , without being his wife ; it was not thought permissible for a man to have both a concubine and a wife simultaneously.93 The fact of their living together would ...
Page 57
... concubine , so that she could leave him . Ulpian , on the other hand , did not think freedwomen concubines should be at liberty to desert their patrons ; he recommended that they should be penalised by loss of conubium , quippe cum ...
... concubine , so that she could leave him . Ulpian , on the other hand , did not think freedwomen concubines should be at liberty to desert their patrons ; he recommended that they should be penalised by loss of conubium , quippe cum ...
Page 58
... concubine , concubina ( presumably after his wife's death ) . It may be remembered that it was regarded as more honourable for man to have his own freedwoman as concubine than as wife . There were some ambiguities inherent in ...
... concubine , concubina ( presumably after his wife's death ) . It may be remembered that it was regarded as more honourable for man to have his own freedwoman as concubine than as wife . There were some ambiguities inherent in ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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