concept
intermarriage
conubium
The legal right of valid marriage between two parties; its grant between patricians and plebeians (445 BC) was the heart of the Canuleian law.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 4 §1 intermarriage
The legal right of valid marriage between two parties; its grant between patricians and plebeians (445 BC) was the heart of the Canuleian law.
- The History of Rome, Book 43 §4 no right of marriage
Conubium, the legal capacity to contract a marriage recognized in Roman law; its absence made the soldiers' children by Spanish women illegitimate.