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What were the 3 types of Roman wedding and briefly describe them
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Confarreatio - used by patricians. Cake made of flour called far. Priest - PRONUBA, senior women relative, usually an aunt.
Coemptio - This was like the sale of a bride to the grooms family. During the empire, it fell out of fashion Usus - this was the most common used by the plebeans. It consisted of a man and woman beginning to live together |
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the ________ october, ___________ november and __________ august were what?
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5th October, 8th November and 24th August were unlucky days to get married.
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What did the bride do the night before her wedding?
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Dedicated her bulla (and toys if not very old) to her fathers lares and tried on her tunica recta because it brought her good luck.
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What was the Roman bride dressed and made up like on the morning of her wedding day?
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She wore a wreath of flowers she collected herself. She had her hair divided into 6 parts divided by the point of a spear and held up by ribbons. She had her tunica recta tied with a sash tied with a hercules knot and a flame coloured veil. Her mother dressed her.
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What was the brides fathers decorated like for the ceremony? Who arrived to take what? When did the guests arrive?
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The brides fathers house was decorated with flowers, branches and greenery. The augur arrived to take the omens (to see if the day was favourable). The guests arrived just after this?
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In the ceremony, an offering was made to who? After the pronuba joined the hands of the couple and the bride said her vows, what else what offered to who? What was said?
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A offering was first made to jupiter. After the pronuba did her bit,an offering of far was made to Jupiter. Prayers were said
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How many witnesses did there have to be to the wedding ceremony? What followed the wedding ceremony?
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There had to be 10 witnesses. After the wedding ceremony, there was the wedding dinner and it lasted until early evening.
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Where did the bridal procession form? Who sang what? What did the groom do?
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Outside the fathers house (of the bride). Musicians sang rude songs. He took the bride from the mother with a show of force
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Who attended the bride? What did they do?
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3 young boys attended with the bride. 2 walked alongside and 1 walked infront carrying the bridal torch of hawthorn.
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What did the bride and groom do along the way?
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The bride dropped 3 coins - one as an offering to the gods of the cross roads, one to her husband as a symbol of her dowry, one to the lares at her husbands house. The groom scattered nuts and sweets.
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What did the bride do when she arrived at the grooms house and what did the groom do?
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The bride wound wool around the door posts to symbolise that she was the domina of the house. The groom carried her over the threshold so she wouldnt trip and bring bad luck to the marriage. The bride repeated her vows
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What happened after this? What happened in the atrium?
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The doors closed and only close family were allowed in. In the atrium the groom offered the bride fire and water in token of their life together. The bride lit the marriage torch with the fire and threw it to the guests and then recited a prayer.
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What did the pronuba do after the bride tossed the torch?
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She led her to the marraige bed which was placed in the atrium for the first night. (the guests retired)
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At what age could a girl get married?
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12 years
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at what age could a boy get married?
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14 years
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