Women in Roman Law and SocietyThe legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. |
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... that the woman herself might suggest a suitable candidate: To Claudius Valerius Firmus, prefect of Egypt, from Aurelia Ammonarion. I ask you, lord, to give me as tutor Aurelius Plutammon, according to the Julian and Titian laws and the ...
... that the original purpose was to allow women who had married with manus, at a time when this was still common, to leave property back to their natural relatives, but that, as the rule was expressed in terms of capitis deminutio, it was ...
... that the other's mother was univira—this had been her one and only marriage. On becoming a Vestal, the girl passed out of potestas. She did this, however, without undergoing capitis deminutio and without emancipation. Although she had ...
... that the Vestal was the 'bride' of the Pontifex, like the queen of the sacral king in early Rome. 83 By the time of Augustus, candidates were in short supply. Fathers were reluctant to offer their daughters. Augustus tackled the ...
... that the law was that the Pontiff should take the girl 'and she should become Vesta's (eaque Vestaefiat)', these words are not found in the formula of the captio, which he quotes from Fabius Pictor's History (early second century B.C.) ...
Contents
Some Effects of Marriage | |
Divorce | |
Dowry | |
Sexual Offences | |
Children | |
Inheritance and Bequest | |
Slaves and Freedwomen | |
Women at Work | |
The Emancipation of Roman Women | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |