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1. When a young woman married in the confarreatio tradition, who was her legal guardian?
her father
her husband
her family of birth's pater familias
her husband's family's pater familias

2. Which marriage did not hand the wife over to the guardianship of her husband's family?
coemptio
confarreatio
sine manu
usus

3. The Latin word for marriage (matrimonium) suggests the underlying purpose of marriages was:
to cement relationships between families
to create a family
to create a financially binding legal contract
to provide a festival for the friends and families involved

4. What was the earliest age young women could marry?
12
14
16
18

5. In which type of marriage did the husband pay a token bride price?
coemptio
confarreatio
sine manu
usus

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See Matrimonium: Roman Marriage [Usus, In manum, Confarreatio, Coemptio]


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