
Episode CXX - Adultery
Emperors of Rome
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Is It Grounds for Divorce in the Roman Empire?
Marriage is not considered something that's a romantic prospect. For the roman elites, it's very much an alliance between families. A man can divorce his wife giving the grounds as adultery. There are certain protected categories of men and women for whom there were strict rules about who could marry them. The father has more control over his daughter than any other social class in Roman history. But marriage was dying out by the period which we've got much evidence for ye.
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