I know about castratos. I'm a music composition major. What does people doing something stupid in history has to do with today? Have you heard of eunuchs? This was done way before the castrati and it has nothing to do with trans. Nobody was confused about the sex of these people and they didn't claim to become women. This is retarded.
Any truth to that? I wonder what the common age of the males were that were marrying 12 year olds?
Yes, this is according to Roman legislation.
In Christian times, women married after puberty - so 14 above. Thus, a woman spent her best fertile years in marriage and not being a thot.
Men married 18-30, mostly in their 20's. This was because men were expected to be well established and to be able to support the household.
The idea about mutual consent has a Christian origin that became more prevalent after 4th c. Nobody before that cared what women thought and marriages were arranged between the men of the families. Child marriages became less common too and the age of marriage of women was raised a bit, especially compared to pagan societies.
I know about castratos. I'm a music composition major. What does people doing something stupid in history has to do with today? Have you heard of eunuchs? This was done way before the castrati and it has nothing to do with trans. Nobody was confused about the sex of these people and they didn't claim to become women. This is retarded.
Consent is a modern concept.
Yes, this is according to Roman legislation.
In Christian times, women married after puberty - so 14 above. Thus, a woman spent her best fertile years in marriage and not being a thot.
Men married 18-30, mostly in their 20's. This was because men were expected to be well established and to be able to support the household.
The idea about mutual consent has a Christian origin that became more prevalent after 4th c. Nobody before that cared what women thought and marriages were arranged between the men of the families. Child marriages became less common too and the age of marriage of women was raised a bit, especially compared to pagan societies.