C C 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Caveat Emptor, Potestas, Sui Iuris

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: C C 302
• Professor: Karl Galinsky

Document Summary

Emancipation - by 3rd century bc woman can choose her own. very effective in. Take out of somebody"s hand . women in possession, can"t free herself from potestas of the husband. etc. sui juris = not legal person in your own right. Can make wills, own property, cannot go into court. Talasio = men at rape of sabine women said save this woman for talasio. Contraception: some attitudes didn"t accept, didn"t have a formal word for it. No specific latin term for contraception, but practices include various. Misy (hippocrates), cedar oil, white lead, frankincense (aristotle). Normal when people started to live apart. usually no fault unless adultery is. Mom = emotional, nurture. divorce spouse but don"t divorce kids. always try to. Concubinage = lega, monogamous, permanent cohabitation; children do not. If women want to get out, have to pay dowry in full. if husband at fault bc. Lupae (she wolf nourished twins; name of the world"s oldest profession;