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 214
... slave couples.24 Slave ' marriages ' probably had greater chance of stability in very large slave households , or where the ' husband ' was living apart from his owner , as institor , vilicus or the like , and especially if he had slaves ...
... slave couples.24 Slave ' marriages ' probably had greater chance of stability in very large slave households , or where the ' husband ' was living apart from his owner , as institor , vilicus or the like , and especially if he had slaves ...
Page 215
... slaves , since slaves could own no property . However , if a slave woman used her peculium as ' dowry ' , to give to a male slave , and the couple both obtained . manumission and continued in the marital relation afterwards , then the ...
... slaves , since slaves could own no property . However , if a slave woman used her peculium as ' dowry ' , to give to a male slave , and the couple both obtained . manumission and continued in the marital relation afterwards , then the ...
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... slave - girl sweethearts , and slave men were , it seems , even less likely to marry up the scale . As we saw in Chapter 3 above , some marriages between patron ... slave ) whom she had acquired after manumission 228 Slaves and Freedwomen.
... slave - girl sweethearts , and slave men were , it seems , even less likely to marry up the scale . As we saw in Chapter 3 above , some marriages between patron ... slave ) whom she had acquired after manumission 228 Slaves and Freedwomen.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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