Phang, Sara Elise
The Marriage of Roman Soldiers (13 B.C.-A.D. 235)

Law and Family in the Imperial Army.

In the first and second centuries A.D., Roman soldiers were forbidden legitimate marriage during service: nevertheless, many soldiers formed de facto marriages. This book examines the legal, social, and cultural aspects of the marriage prohibition and soldiers' families. The first section covers the marriage prohibition in Roman literary and legal sources. The second section treats social and legal aspects of the soldiers' families, including a survey of epitaphs, the legal impact of the ban on families, and alternatives to family formation. The final section examines the marriage ban as military policy and its relation to Roman culture. VI,470 Seiten mit 6 Abb., Leinen (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition; Vol. 24/Brill 2001) textsauber, leichte Gebrauchsspuren/clean text pages, minor traces of use