Event: The Malta Classics Association presents: The Emergence of Dower in Late Antique Roman Law
Date: Friday 23 April 2021
Time: 19:00
Venue: Online (Zoom)
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Speaker: Samuel Azzopardi
The Emergence of Dower in Roman law is surprising - it challenges our general notions of what marriage and the gender dynamics that regulated its negotiation looked like in Ancient Rome, and it suggests a regenerative and innovative spirit that contrasts the usual narrative of stagnation and unstoppable imperial decline associated with the 3rd to 5th centuries AD. What did Roman dower look like? How do we trace its development in extant Roman law sources? Why did it develop at all and what does it tell us about Late Antique society? This forthcoming MCA lecture will seek to explore these questions through a critical evaluation of the surviving literature in conjunction with secondary sources and the archaeological record.
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