
Episode CXX - Adultery
Emperors of Rome
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Is Chastity a Quality in Roman Women?
A daughter is a drain on the finances, and you need to produce a dowry for her as well. So there's of necessityin marrying her to the right kind of family. Even vestals could get married eventually, because they had a term of office was 30 years,. And some of them did marry after that. The concept of fartility and chastity when it came to marriage in the roman world? Is really important. Some men divorcing wives for sterility. We do also know of marriages that were maintained despite the non production of offspring. One of the famous ones is augustus and livia.
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