The Roman Wedding Tradition

During the ceremony the bride and groom would stand before a priest holding hands. They would exchange vows that usually include the line where you are Gaius I am Gaius being a name that held some particular luck for these types of occasions. After the vows were exchanged the couple would offer a sacrifice to Jupiter in the form of either a pig or as most of us are now used to some type of cake. Following the signing of the paperwork and exchange of presents the guests would sit down to a meal and prepare themselves for the upcoming wedding procession. The procession was the key to the whole shebang and served as the ritual transference of authority from the father of the bride to the husband.