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Episode CXX - Adultery

Jun 12, 2019
31:20
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
Is It Grounds for Divorce in the Roman Empire?
02:00 • 4min
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3
Is Chastity a Quality in Roman Women?
06:18 • 2min
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4
Caesar's Wife Must Be Beyond Suspicion
08:33 • 2min
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5
Is It Only Adultery if Someone Finds Out About It?
10:18 • 4min
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6
Marriage Laws in Rome
14:29 • 2min
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7
The Laws of Rome
16:54 • 2min
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8
Can't Lead a Donkey Down the Main Street on a Tuesday?
18:41 • 3min
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9
The Fall of Julia
21:36 • 2min
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10
X Ik, That's How Big the Sham Was
23:42 • 3min
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Did Augustus Change the Law?
26:59 • 4min
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By modern standards the Romans had some fairly unusual ideas, which could be putting it mildly when it comes to the subject of adultery. For the most part the Romans were lack lax in repercussions, unless of course you were embarrassing a man of high status.

Guest:
Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

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