and the wife received the title of
materfamilias , meaning “woman of the household” - a title reserved only for woman in a cum manu union.
Kaynak: Manus marriage(ingenuus ) is equated with that of a
materfamilias as a capital crime The Lex Julia de vi publica recorded in the early 3rd century AD but
Kaynak: Sexuality in ancient RomeThe tutulus, originally an Etruscan style, was a hairstyle worn primarily by the
materfamilias, the mother of the family It was a
Kaynak: Roman hairstylesIf the marriage made her a
materfamilias, she took joint responsibility with her husband for aspects of household cult. Lares and the
Kaynak: Lares