Roman Law
Marriage cannot take place between these two social groups.
What are Plebians and Patricians
Byzantines are joined together in this form of marriage.
What is lawful wedlock?
This is prohibited in both rule books
What is the intermarriage between brother and sister
this detail about intermarriage is allowed in Justinian law, but not Roman
What is intermarriage
What is the intermarriage betweem family members?
It is important that an engagement ring is placed on this finger
What is the third finger on the left hand
In order to marry, this must be provided by the parents.
What is consent?
Both laws prohibited this form of marriage.
Consensual divorce was abolished by this empire but not by the other.
What is the Justinian empire?
In Rome, this action related to marriage is illegal.
Young girls would give these items away once engaged
What are their Bulla, dolls, and toys.
A girl is not considered a lawful wife until she reaches this age.
What is age 12?
In order to marry both Romans and Byzantines needed consent legally and in this other form.
What is morally?
Unlike in Justinian's code, If a roman wife initiated a divorce, the husband is allowed to keep this portion of her dowry for each child up to three.
What is 1/6ths?
Unlike the Justinian, law this pre-marital conversation was mutual.
What is verbal consent?
This is not allowed after getting married in Rome
What is divorce
A Christian cannot marry a person from this religion.
What is Judaism?
Both empires had to pay this type of payment.
What is a dowry?
Unlike in the Justinian empire, a woman could only declare a divorce if she could prove her husband intended to do this.
What is attempt to murder her?
In some American cultures, the person who's asking to marry another person will sometime go to the parents and ask for this
What is consent?
The people who would make sure their children are married to great spouses
What are the Paterfamilias
A widow may not remarry less than this amount of years after their husband's death.
What is 1 year?
This was the legal age minimum for marriage in both empires.
What is 12 years old?
Unlike in the Justinian empire, if a husband's wife commits adultery, they could take 1/6th of this pre-marital payment.
What is a dowry?
In roman times, their adultery laws inspired this post-divorce conversation.
What is child custody?