Augustus' Legislation Concerning
Marriage, Procreation, Love Affairs and Adultery
by Leo Ferrero Raditsa, Annapolis, Md.
Table of Contents
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| I. Introduction |
278 |
| II. The Roots in the Times |
283 |
1. Recent Historiography |
283 |
2. The Tragedy of Julia |
290 |
3. The Dating of the Legislation |
295 |
a) Did Augustus attempt to introduce marriage
legislation in 28 or 27 B.C. ? |
295 |
b) The Dating of Lex Julia de adulleriis
|
396 |
c) Legislation Immediately Preceding the
Lex Papia Poppaea of 9 A.D. |
297 |
4. The Immediate Historical Background (30
to 17 B.C.) and the Censorship |
297 |
a) Proximate Causes |
297 |
b) The Censorship |
305 |
| III. The Legislation |
307 |
1. Roman Marriage |
307 |
2. Shape and Significance of the Lex
Julia de Adulteriis |
310 |
3. Scope and Emphasis in the Laws on Marriage
|
319 |
| IV. Conclusion |
330 |
1. The Collapse of the Public Sphere |
330 |
2. The Function of the Division: the Divorce
of Feeling from Action, Words from Meaning; the Interdependence
of Moralistic and Pornographic Attitudes |
334 |
| Additional Bibliography |
339 |
