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279:) was left to a person on condition of not marrying, or on conditions which in effect prevented marriage, the conditions were illegal, and the gift was unconditional. The condition, however, might be not to marry a certain specified person or certain specified persons; or it might be to marry a particular person, but then the person must be such a one as would be a suitable match, otherwise the condition would be, in effect, a condition not to marry, and therefore void (Dig.35 tit.1 s63). 20: 364:
so far modified the strictness of the new rule as to give a man who married above sixty the same advantage that he would have had if had married under sixty, provided he married a woman who was under fifty; the ground of which rule was the legal notion that a woman under fifty was still capable of
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As a general rule a husband and wife could only leave to one another a tenth part of their property; but there were exceptions in respect of children either born of the marriage or by another marriage of one of the parties, which allowed of the free disposal of a larger part. This privilege might
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A man, when he attained the age of sixty, and a woman, when she attained the age of fifty, were not included within certain penalties of the law (Ulp. Frag. xvi); but if they had not obeyed the law before attaining those respective ages, they were perpetually bound by its penalties by a
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10 books at least on this law. The law contained at least 35 chapters (Dig. 22 tit.2 s19); but it is impossible to say to which of the two laws included under the general title of
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by which these two laws are often quoted. It has been inferred from the two laws being separately cited that they were not made into one.
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There were many commentaries on these laws or on this law by the Roman jurists, of which considerable fragments are preserved in the
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which was left to them (Gaius, ii.286). It seems that an attempt had been made to evade this part of the law by adoptions, which a
131:(consules suffecti), another law was passed as a kind of amendment and supplement to the former law, and hence arose the title of 446:) to give occasionally, as a privilege, the same advantage that the law secured to those who had children. This was called the 365:
having children (Ulpian, Frag. xvi; Sueton. Claud. 23). If the woman was above fifty and the man under sixty, this was called
348:) of six months from the time of the divorce, within which periods they were not subject to the penalties of the lex: the 574: 489:, Gaius, ii.111) from the age of twenty-five to sixty in a man, and from the age of twenty to fifty in a woman. By the 614: 509:
declared to be ineffectual for the purpose of relieving a person from the penalties of the law (Tacit. Ann. xv.19).
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Various titles are used according as reference is made to the various provisions; sometimes the reference is to the
599: 276: 323:, if he obeyed the law within one hundred days, that is, if he married within that time (Ulp. Frag. xvii.1). 240: 257: 438:(Inst. 1 25; Dig.27 1). After the passing of this law, it became usual for the senate, and afterwards the 609: 116: 214:, the several provisions as now known to us, belong. Attempts have been made both by J. Gothofredus and 215: 218:
to restore the law, on the assumption that its provisions are reducible to the two general heads of a
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of 18/17 BC was rejected, and add that it was not enacted until 4 AD. In the year 9 AD, and in the
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provided that children should be registered by name within thirty days after their birth with the
455: 450:. Pliny says (Ep. ii.13) that he had lately obtained from the emperor, for a friend of his, the 352:
extended these periods respectively to two years, and a year and six months (Ulp. Frag. xiv).
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a candidate who had several children was preferred to one who had fewer (Tacit. Ann. xv.19;
24: 458:). This privilege is mentioned in some inscriptions, on which the abbreviation I. L. H. ( 239:
The provisions of these laws forbade the marriage of a senator or a senator's sons with a
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Roman Marriage : Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian
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of their patrons (Ulp. Frag. tit.29). Those who had three children living at
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at the time of the testator's death, and was not otherwise disqualified (
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it was entirely without effect as to releasing from incapacity to take
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Ep. vii.16). Freedmen who had a certain number of children were freed
526: 475: 66: 60: 297: 292: 140: 55: 51: 47: 291:, various penalties were imposed on those who lived in a state of 333: 252: 192: 93: 42:, was a Roman law introduced in 9 AD to encourage and strengthen 176: 124: 454:(see also Ep. x.95, 96; and Dion Cass. lv.2, and the note of 423: 379: 419: 187:, etc. from the various chapters (Ulp. Frag. xxviii tit.7; 344:) from the death of a husband, and divorced women a term ( 167:, from the chapter which treated of the marriages of the 102:(Julian Laws) pertaining to morals and marriage, and the 54:
after a certain age and complemented and supplemented
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Frag. xi.20; Lex Marita, Hor. Carm. Sec.), sometimes
326:If he did not comply with the law, the gift became 106:
as a separate later law, refining the Julian Laws (
586: 485:, that is, married persons who had no children ( 414:, who had four children, were released from the 383:. On the death of the woman, therefore, the 551:A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities 462:) sometimes occurs, which is equivalent to 234: 85:, although they themselves were unmarried. 549:Long, George (1875). "Lex Papia Poppaea". 115:Some writers conclude from the passage in 23:Relief showing a Roman marriage ceremony. 557: 301:could not take an hereditas or a legacy ( 260:. A senator's daughter could not marry a 250:; with a woman whose profession made her 70:of 17 BC. The law was introduced by the 282: 18: 562:. Oxford and New York: Clarendon Press. 256:, such as a stage performer; or with a 206:: Gaius wrote 15 books, Ulpian 20, and 587: 548: 340:allowed widows a term of one year ( 148:(Dig. 38 tit.11; Dig. 23 tit.2). 13: 513:also be acquired by obtaining the 481:The law also imposed penalties on 430:, were excused from the office of 67:Lex Iulia de adulteriis coercendis 46:. It included provisions against 14: 631: 568: 146:Lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus 121:Lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus 61:Lex Iulia de maritandis ordinibus 497:could only take one half of an 474:(Capitol. M. Ant. c9; compare 1: 575:The Roman Law Library, incl. 542: 371:Senatus-consultum Calvitianum 358:Senatus-consultum Pernicianum 229: 127:of Marcus Papius Mutilus and 507:Senatus-consultum Neronianum 362:Senatus-consultum Claudianum 7: 520: 165:Lex de maritandis ordinibus 10: 636: 517:(Ulp. Frag. tit.xv, xvi). 472:Praefectus Aerarii Saturni 212:Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea 191:. liv.16, lvi.1, &c.; 133:Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea 88: 36:, also referred to as the 129:Quintus Poppaeus Secundus 119:(Suet. Aug. 14) that the 83:Quintus Poppaeus Secundus 615:Marriage in ancient Rome 235:Suitability of the match 478:of Juvenal, line 84). 305:); but if a person was 600:Julio-Claudian dynasty 558:Treggiari, S. (1993). 487:qui liberos non habent 27: 315:), he might take the 295:after a certain age. 283:Promotion of marriage 79:Marcus Papius Mutilus 22: 464:jura parentis habere 460:jus liberorum habens 408:De Operis Libertorum 404:operarum obligatione 33:Lex Papia et Poppaea 25:Museo di Capodimonte 537:Jus trium liberorum 452:Jus Trium Liberorum 610:1st century in law 532:List of Roman laws 426:, and five in the 161:Lex Julia et Papia 144:only mentions the 39:Lex Iulia et Papia 28: 396:Lex Papia Poppaea 367:Impar Matrimonium 104:Lex Papia Poppaea 96:mentions several 64:of 18 BC and the 16:Ancient Roman law 627: 563: 554: 289:promote marriage 241:manumitted slave 138:The 6th-century 635: 634: 630: 629: 628: 626: 625: 624: 585: 584: 571: 545: 523: 406:(Dig. 38 tit.1 285: 237: 232: 195:Ann. iii.25). ( 91: 17: 12: 11: 5: 633: 623: 622: 617: 612: 607: 602: 597: 581: 580: 570: 569:External links 567: 566: 565: 555: 544: 541: 540: 539: 534: 529: 522: 519: 466:. 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Antoninus 463: 459: 451: 447: 443: 435: 431: 415: 411: 407: 403: 395: 393: 388: 384: 378: 374: 370: 366: 361: 357: 354: 349: 345: 341: 337: 332:(subject to 327: 325: 320: 316: 310: 306: 302: 296: 287:In order to 286: 272: 268: 266: 261: 251: 243: 238: 223: 219: 211: 203: 201: 196: 184: 180: 164: 163:, sometimes 160: 159:, sometimes 156: 155:, sometimes 152: 150: 145: 139: 137: 132: 120: 114: 107: 103: 99:leges Iuliae 97: 92: 65: 59: 50:and against 38: 37: 32: 31: 29: 369:, and by a 312:jure civili 277:inheritance 589:Categories 553:: 691–692. 543:References 422:, four in 262:libertinus 258:prostitute 230:Provisions 216:Heineccius 125:consulship 595:Roman law 527:Roman Law 499:hereditas 491:Lex Papia 476:Satire IX 428:provinces 350:Lex Papia 338:Lex Julia 317:hereditas 269:hereditas 246:libertina 189:Dion Cass 185:Decimaria 175:, i.178; 153:Lex Julia 117:Suetonius 620:Natalism 521:See also 456:Reimarus 444:princeps 412:libertae 298:Caelibes 293:celibacy 169:senators 112:, 3.25) 56:Augustus 52:celibacy 48:adultery 44:marriage 503:legatum 440:emperor 436:curator 410:); and 394:By the 387:became 346:vacatio 342:vacatio 336:). The 334:escheat 329:caducum 321:legatum 307:caelebs 303:legatum 273:legatum 253:infamis 94:Tacitus 89:History 75:consuls 72:suffect 416:tutela 389:caduca 375:legata 267:If an 208:Paulus 204:Digest 193:Tacit. 141:Digest 109:Annals 577:Leges 432:tutor 424:Italy 400:Plin. 380:dotes 271:or a 173:Gaius 605:AD 9 495:orbi 483:orbi 420:Rome 377:and 360:. A 222:and 177:Ulp. 81:and 30:The 501:or 434:or 391:. 385:dos 319:or 591:: 493:, 264:. 226:. 199:) 183:, 58:' 564:. 442:( 275:( 248:) 244:( 171:(

Index


Museo di Capodimonte
marriage
adultery
celibacy
Augustus
Lex Iulia de maritandis ordinibus
Lex Iulia de adulteriis coercendis
suffect
consuls
Marcus Papius Mutilus
Quintus Poppaeus Secundus
Tacitus
leges Iuliae
Annals
Suetonius
consulship
Quintus Poppaeus Secundus
Digest
senators
Gaius
Ulp.
Dion Cass
Tacit.
Paulus
Heineccius
manumitted slave
libertina
infamis
prostitute

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