A marble relief sculpture of a wedding ceremony. The groom, holding the wedding contract, joins hands with his bride (wearing the veil) as part of the ceremony; between them stands either the pronuba (maid-of-honor), the goddess Concordia ("harmony") or Juno in her role as goddess of marriage. The smaller figure to the left is a witness.
Part of a Roman sarcophagus (stone coffin), dating to 150-175 AD; found in Rome, now in the British Museum.

We move forward six years to the year AD 90. Domitian is still Emperor, but he's got things on his mind - important things such as heirs-to-the-throne and wedding bells! Could there be, for once, a happy ending in Imperial Rome?
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Roman Marriage
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ROMAN MARRIAGE
Description of this major Roman goddess, the Queen of Heaven, who among other roles, presided over marriage and childbirth.
Detailed description of Hera - the Greek version of Roman Juno.
Sculpture of mother suckling child with father looking on.
Part of the sarcophagus of Cornelius Statius; in the Louvre, Paris.
As on p.64 of CLC Bk.V.
Sculpture of mother suckling child with father looking on.
Part of the sarcophagus of Cornelius Statius; now in the Louvre, Paris.
As depicted on p.77 of CLC Unit 4.
Amor: Roman Images of Love
Love and Marriage didn't necessarily go together ("like a horse & carriage" as the song goes) in Roman times...
However, for some sweet images of Romans in love, click the following link and scroll to the section
amor: ROMAN IMAGES OF LOVE
Roman Family Life
Quintilian
QUINTILIAN
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Confarreatio
The poetic lines that the chorus sing in the CLC story Confarreatio II are taken from Poem 61 of the Roman poet Catullus. This link takes you to the whole poem in both Latin and English versions. Here's another translation by A.S Kline.
And here's a jump to our separate section on Catullus.
amor et matrimonium: The Poems
amor et matrimonium: the poems
I. de amico mutabili
An interactive, full text of this poem by Martial (Epigrams XII.46[47])with interactive exercises, translations and notes can be found in the Cambridge Latin Anthology selection entitled CONTRADICTIONS
II. de Chloe, quae septem maritis nupsit
For an English translation of Martial's' poem (Epigram IX.15)...
If you enjoyed these epigrams, you'll find more of Martial's witty poems in the following sections of the Cambridge Latin Anthology:
~ contradictions
~ otium
~ vita rustica...
~ de cultu deorum...
III. de Cupidine, deo potenti
The full text of this poem (attributed to Petronius) with translations can be found in the Cambridge Latin Anthology selection entitled LOVE WILL NOT LET THE POET SLEEP.