The women of Ancient Rome, were obliged to maintain the ‘Mos maiorum’, the established order of things. Romulus himself was believed to have devised the almost indissoluble marriage rite, the ‘Confarreatio’, which put a wife under the absolute power of her husband. She could not divorce him, but he could divorce her.

Author Lynda Telford Published by Amberley Publishing ISBN 9781398106994 EAN 9781398106994 Bic Code HBLA|HBT Cover Hardback