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Roman Marriage Customs Flashcards

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Betrothal

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Sponsalia - woman promissed to man by pater familias or tutor

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Sponsus

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Betrothed man

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Sponsa

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Betrothed woman

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Anulus

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Wedding band - ring finger left hand b/c vein to the heart

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Breaking of the betrothal

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Done yhrough the nuntius- repuditum renuntiare

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Price of repudium renuntiare

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Infamia- man could not get stuff back

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Female to marry

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Nubere- to veil oneself / marry

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Male to mary

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In matrimonium ducere- to lead into marriage

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9
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Marriage hym

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Hymenaeus

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Matron’s dress

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Stola matronalis Worn outside the house

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Matronalia

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1st of march- mother + woves day

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12
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Manus

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Power of husband over wife - present in weddings like confarriatio

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Type of wedding with manus

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Cum conventione (uxoris) in manum viri

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Type of wedding without manus

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Sine conventione (uxoris) in manum (viri)

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15
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When was confarriatio nescissarry

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For parents of flamines minores and reges scacrorum — tiberius therefor removed manua

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Pleb marriage

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Usus- not official no manus not iustae nuntiae woman could have property is seperatec for trinictium

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17
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Mock sale marriage

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Coemptio- had 5 witnesses and required a dos

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18
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How was tunica recta woven

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On an upright loom

19
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Libripens

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Sale holder in a coemptio

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Bride’s hair

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Divided in 6 by hasta carlibaris and tied with vettae

21
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Wreaths in weddings

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Bride gathered and made one, groom wore one

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Witnessees fir confarratio

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10

23
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Question in confarattio aftr dextrarum iunctio

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An sibi mater/pater familias esse vellent

24
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Utinsel basket in confarriatio

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Cumera- carried by a cammillus who is patrimus et matrimus

25
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Offerring in confarratio

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Bloodless- spelt cake yo juppiter by pontifex maximus and flamen dialis

26
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Prayer after confarratio offerring

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By flamen dialis to juno, Tellus, Picumnus and Pilumnus,

27
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What happens after confarratio ceramony part

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Bride + groom show up in atrium of the bride’s paterfamilias and a feast is had in which the groom take sthe bride by froce from the mom (as a joke)

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After the feast in confarriatio

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Deductio- any one can join shouting feliciter goes from bride’s pater familias’ hoise to husband’s house

29
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When do guests arrive in confarriatio

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Before sunrise

30
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Who are by the bride at conffaratio

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Two patrimi et matrimi on each side and one in front wearing the taeda (torch) and spina alba (white thorn)

31
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What is behind the wife in confarriatio

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The distaff and the spindle emblems of domestic life

32
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What were sund during deductio

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The versus fescenni — named for an original senator, sung for talassius a sabine god

33
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What are the three coins for

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Lares comptiales
The dowry
The lares of the groom’s household

34
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Doorposts in confarriatio

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Wound by the bride with wool annointed with oil and fat

35
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Why did husband carry wife over the threashold of his house in confarriatio

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To avoid tripping he then says ubi tu gaua ego gaius

36
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What does husband give to his wife after tge wedding in private

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Water and fire in the atrium

37
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What happened yo the torch’s fire adter ceremony

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Held by bride in deductio then thrown to the crowd

38
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After the deductio what does pronuba do?

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Picks up wife and puts on lectus genealis in the atrium

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What is the feast called

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Cena nuptialis

40
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What ended the feast

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Mustaceaum - wedding cake

41
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Repotia

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Second day after marriage wife gives first offering as a matron

42
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Required for nuptiae iustae

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Pater familias must agree
Both parties must be puberes (14 and 12 at least)
No polygamy
No adfines or cognates of the fourth degree

43
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If marriage is leagle what are kids

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Legitimate, cives optimo iure

44
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What days are bad for marriage

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Kalends nones and ides and tbe next day

All of may and the first half if june
Febuary 13-24
Aug 24
Oct. 5
Nov. 8

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