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 67
... woman was regarded as having taken on the social status of her husband . In a society as stratified as that of the Romans this was a matter of some importance . Already in the Republic , the senators and their families were ...
... woman was regarded as having taken on the social status of her husband . In a society as stratified as that of the Romans this was a matter of some importance . Already in the Republic , the senators and their families were ...
Page 121
... woman was married ) or stuprum ( if she was not ) unless , that is , he had had the forethought to rape a prostitute or a woman from one of the other categories , intercourse with whom did not constitute an offence ( in quas stuprum non ...
... woman was married ) or stuprum ( if she was not ) unless , that is , he had had the forethought to rape a prostitute or a woman from one of the other categories , intercourse with whom did not constitute an offence ( in quas stuprum non ...
Page 124
... woman . Modestinus put it thus : ' Living with a free woman on a regular basis is to be regarded not as concubinage but as marriage , unless she has earned a living by selling her body . ' Sex with a prostitute was not stuprum , nor ...
... woman . Modestinus put it thus : ' Living with a free woman on a regular basis is to be regarded not as concubinage but as marriage , unless she has earned a living by selling her body . ' Sex with a prostitute was not stuprum , nor ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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