Roman Family Rites

By: Hayley Wilmouth

A roman family

Marriage

• The groom had to be at least 14 years old, and the bride had to be at least 12 years old.

• Divorce was unknown.

Roman people being married

Funerals

• Socially, funerals were a central and highly visible means of preserving the heritage of a family and gens. The achievements of ancestors were celebrated alongside those of the deceased

Romans having a funeral

Marriage cont.

• On the night before her wedding day, the bride-to-be gave her bulla (her birth locket) to her father, and gave her toys away to her family. She tried on her wedding dress, which was straight tunic, woven in one piece, which had to be long enough to reach her feet.

The bride wore a long wedding dress

Funerals Cont.

The funeral procession was public and elaborate, led by professional mourners, including actors who wore the portrait masks of the dead person's notable ancestors.

They hold the dead person in the air

Coming of Age

• Coming of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition.

Romans coming of age

Sources

http://http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth110/arth110_sl19.htmlwww.google.com/

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/polybius.html