pt. 1. Matrimonium. Introduction -- Capacity and intent -- pt. 2. Sponsi. Choosing a coniunx -- From negotiation and engagement -- Nova nupta and novus coniunx -- pt. 3. Coniuges : ideals and reality in the relationship of husband and wife. The Greek philosophical background -- Graeco-Roman theories of marriage -- Coniugalis amor -- Sexual relations -- pt. 4. Paterfamilias and materfamilias. Dis -- Res : property : separation and mixing -- Domus -- pt. 5. Separation. Divorce -- Death -- Conclusions -- Appendices. Some alleged aldulteri ; Some adultery prosecutions or sentences under the Juli-Claudians ; Philosophers on sexuality ; Magistrates 60-50BC with identified wives -- Attested divorces during the Republic ; Attested divorces in the early principate
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