Episode CXX - Adultery
Emperors of Rome
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Is It Only Adultery if Someone Finds Out About It?
Roman women were held up as being chaste and honourable. The ideal of the woman who's only married once was an 'oni' - a one man woman. An inscription shows what her husband valued about her. She is said to have made his slaves dust thero t, which means there must have been some money in their household.
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