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{{Short description|Social institution in the classical Roman civilization}}
[[File:Roman marriage vows.jpg|300px|thumb|upright=1.5|Roman couple joining hands (''dextrarum iunctio''); the bride's [[Zone (vestment)|belt]] may show the knot symbolizing that the husband was "belted and bound" to her, which he was to untie in their bed (4th century sarcophagus)<ref>''Cinctus vinctusque'', according to [[Sextus Pompeius Festus|Festus]] 55 (edition of Lindsay); Karen K. Hersch, ''The Roman Wedding: Ritual and Meaning in Antiquity'' (Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp. 101, 110, 211 .</ref>]]
'''Marriage in ancient Rome''' ({{lang|la|conubium}}) was a fundamental institution of society and was used by Romans primarily as a tool for [[marriage alliance|interfamilial alliances]]. The institution of Roman marriage was a practice of [[monogamy|
Roman marriage had [[Roman mythology|precedents in myth]]. The [[The Rape of the Sabine Women|abduction of the Sabine Women]] may reflect the archaic custom of [[bride abduction]]. Rome's [[Sabine]] neighbours rejected overtures of intermarriage (''conubium'') by [[Romulus]] and his band of male immigrants. According to [[Livy]], Romulus and his men abducted the Sabine maidens but promised them honorable marriage, in which they would enjoy the benefits of property, citizenship, and [[Children of Ancient Rome|children]].
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Marriage ({{lang|la|conubium}}) was one of the fundamental institutions of Roman society, as it joined not only two individuals but two families. The Romans considered marriage a partnership, whose primary purpose was to have legitimate descendants to whom property, status, and family qualities could be handed down through the generations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evans Grubbs |first=Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spCFAgAAQBAJ |title=Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: a sourcebook on marriage, divorce and widowhood |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=June 2002 |isbn=9781134743926 |pages=81}}</ref>
Marriage had [[Roman mythology|mythical precedents]], starting with the [[The Rape of the Sabine Women|abduction of the Sabine Women]], which may reflect the archaic custom of [[bride abduction]]. [[Romulus]] and his band of male immigrants approached the Sabines for ''conubium'', the legal right to intermarriage, from the [[Sabines]]. According to [[Livy]], [[Romulus]] and his men abducted the Sabine maidens, but promised them an honorable marriage, in which they would enjoy the benefits of property, citizenship, and [[children of Ancient Rome|children]].<ref>Treggiari, Susan (1991). ''Roman Marriage''. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-814890-9}} esp. p. 8f</ref>
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A married woman who bore three children or more could be granted legal independence under the ''[[ius trium liberorum|ius liberorum]]''.<ref>Thomas, "The Division of the Sexes," p. 133.</ref> These laws were poorly received; they were modified in 9 AD by the ''[[Lex Papia Poppaea]]'';{{clarify|date=April 2017}} eventually, they were nearly all repealed or fell into disuse under [[Constantine I|Constantine]] and later emperors, including [[Justinian]].<ref name=Mary/>
[[Roman citizenship|Roman citizen]] women could have only one sexual partner at a time but allowed [[divorce]] and [[remarriage]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evans Grubbs |first=Judith |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Women_and_the_Law_in_the_Roman_Empire/spCFAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=INonepage&q&f=false |title=Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: a sourcebook on marriage, divorce and widowhood |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=June 2002 |isbn=9781134743926 |pages=148, 220, 220}}</ref> In the case of Roman citizen men, it is not clear whether the condition that a man is not able to have a concubine at the time that he has a wife pre-dates or post-dates the Constantinian law;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evans Grubbs |first=Judith |url=https://
===Wedding ceremonies===
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* [[Contubernium]]
* [[Weddings in ancient Rome]]
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