Roman Life - Marriage - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
donated by a bride to the Lares of her father's house the night before her wedding bulla
100%
boy who carries utensils in a confarreatio (both parents must be alive) camillus
100%
marriage ritual among plebians, represented a fictitious sale of bride for 1 coin (5 witnesses) coemptio
100%
most traditional marriage ritual, practiced by the patricians, 10 witnesses required confarreatio
100%
small covered basket of utensils carried by a camillus in the confarreatio cumerus
100%
spelt cake offered to Jupiter during confarreatio Farreum libum
100%
bright orange bridal veil (flame colored) flammeum
100%
an unfavorable month for marriages May (first half of June)
100%
fastened a woman's wedding dress nodus Herculeanus (knot of Hercules)
100%
matron who brought the bride and groom together during confarreatio pronuba
100%
words spoken at wedding ceremony Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia (when you are Gaius, I am Gaia)/Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia (where you are Gaius, I am Gaia)
100%
common-law marriage practiced among lower classes usus
100%
unfavorable dates for marriages because the entrance to the underworld was open August 24, October 5, November 8
0%
marriage practiced by slaves contubernium
0%
a lawfully made promise of future marriage Sponsalia
0%
woman's wedding dress tunica recta/tunica regilla
0%
ribbons which held six locks of carefully braided hair divided by a spear vittae
0%
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