HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They became adults when they married.
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They became adults after passing a physical test.
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They were not allowed to buy and sell property
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They were not allowed to run businesses.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The age of lawful consent to a marriage was 12 for girls and 14 for boys. Most Roman women married in their early teens to young men in their twenties. Roman mores idealized a married daughter’s relationship to her father as deferential and obedient, even at her husband’s expense.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main duty of the wife was to produce children, but because some were married before they were physically mature, not surprisingly, many young wives died of complications during childbirth. One of the main sources of information on Roman women is their tombstones.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal to men before the law. They received only a basic education, if any at all, and were subject to the authority of a man. Traditionally, this was their father before marriage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements about marriage best captures the realities for Roman women by the 1st century B.C.E.? they were legally controlled by their husbands.