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Zusatztext This brilliant book, immensely detailed, well organized, well-indexed and always accessible, defines the point from which future studies will have to begin. Klappentext This book explores the practicalities! cultural assumptions! and affective possibilities of marriage during the later Republic and the Principate. It offers a fresh look at the interaction of law and reality within Roman marriage! and builds on the accumulation of legal scholarship in the field! as well as on the latest insights into Roman society. Treggiari demonstrates that marriage affected a Roman woman's social status! and that while the socio-legal effect on a man was far less striking! marriage did enable a man to father legitimate children! the main object of the institution. The study also addresses the influences on the choice of partner! behavioral norms! and motives for divorce. Zusammenfassung Marriage, a fundamental institution in human societies, takes varying forms. This book explores the practicalities, the cultural assumptions, and the affective possibilities of marriage during the later Republic and the Principate (c. 100 BC - AD 235). It takes a fresh view of the interaction of law and reality within Roman marriage, and builds on the accumulation of legal scholarship in the field, as well as on the latest insights into Roman society. Through detailed examination of original sources (which are translated), Professor Treggiari shows that marriage affected a Roman woman's social status and might entail legal consequences. The socio-legal effect on a man as an individual was less striking but enabled him to father legitimate children, which was the main object of the institution. The creation of new family alignments, shifts in the distribution of property, and the birth of new generations were important for society as a whole. Professor Treggiari also examines the dynamics of the various influences on the choice of partner; behavioural norms; and the motives for divorce. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations; Part I MATRIMONIUM: 1. Introduction; 2. Capacity and intent; Part II SPONSI: 3. Choosing a coniunx; 4. From negotiation to engagement; 5. Nova nupta and novus coniunx; Part III CONIUGES: The relationship of husband and wife: ideals and reality; 6. The Greek, philosophical background; 7. Graeco-Roman theory on marriage; 8. Coniugalis amor; 9. Sexual relations; Part IV MATERFAMILIAS and PATERFAMILIAS; 10. Dos; 11. Res; 12. Domus; Part V SEPARATION: 13. Divorce; 14. Death; 15. Conclusions; Appendices; Date chart; Nemra of the Julio-Claudian family; Bibliography; Index...
