Ancient Roman marriages

Consideration for Marriage Marriages in matrimonium iustum (a legal union) had three requirements: both partners must have coniubium, and age and consent. A valid marriage was very important because it would affect the inheritance rights of both the children produced and husband to wife/wife to husband inheritance. Coniubium was the right to marry (described further in the following section). Age refers to the fact the couple is expected to have reached puberty. Also it …

…increase her status in society was by having many children. The next morning the wife would emerge and become part of her husband's family. A dinner and drinking party would occur later that day. Afterwards in life she was in charge of the keys of the house, the domestic staff, making the family's clothing, and other such duties. Bibliography http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lion/373/roman/roman.html http://www.albany.edu/~jg1297/ancientwedding/romanwed.htm