1. What Sort of Life Did a Roman Woman of the Middle Classes le
... she would still belong to him. The dextrarum iunctio: bride and bridegroom join hands (from a funeral altar). Marriage sometimes did result in love. In the case of Pliny the Younger (39) and Calpurnia (probably around the age of 14) this happened. Calpurnia was the ideal bride for Pliny; he praised her intelligence and her skill in looking after the home. He ... jewellery would have been pins. These would have been very useful for holding up the women's peplos or chitons. They were often beautifully decorated. A pin - Etruscan gold fibula which shows a cat about to attack 2 birds. Roman...
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