Augustan marriage legislation

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:affects Roman citizens
equestrian class
senatorial class
gptkbp:award priority in public office for parents with children
increased inheritance rights for parents with children
gptkbp:awarded married couples with children
gptkbp:awardedBy legal privileges to parents of three or more children
gptkbp:dateEnacted 18 BCE
9 CE
gptkbp:enactedBy Augustus
gptkbp:enforcedBy Roman magistrates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Augustan marriage legislation
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Lex_Julia_de_maritandis_ordinibus
gptkb:Lex_Papia_Poppaea
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Augustan_moral_reforms
decline in Roman birth rate
gptkbp:legacy influenced later Roman family law
gptkbp:penalty childless couples
unmarried men
unmarried women
loss of inheritance rights for unmarried
loss of eligibility for public office for unmarried
gptkbp:prohibits marriages between senators and actresses
marriages between senators and freedwomen
marriages between senators and prostitutes
gptkbp:purpose increase birth rate
promote marriage
strengthen traditional Roman morals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lex_Julia_de_adulteriis
gptkb:Lex_Papia_Poppaea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6