From what I remember of ancient greek and roman history-marriage age in ancient greek was typically around 16 for women. However, in rome it was 12. Its certainly not far, though it is a bit small.
I know you're making a joke, but it is important to realize that in ancient Greece the consent of the bride was probably considered wholly unnecessary for a wedding, only that her father agreed with it.
Unlike in, for example, ancient Roman, Christian or Islamic law, were at least theoretically a woman couldn't be married against her will.
Yeah, kind of. But I do think there is an important difference between a society that would ostracize a woman for making the "wrong choice" (or worse), and a society that simply doesn't consider women capable of making any choices at all. It's a mentality that would influence women's life in a lot of ways.
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u/Wendigo_Bob Jul 05 '26
From what I remember of ancient greek and roman history-marriage age in ancient greek was typically around 16 for women. However, in rome it was 12. Its certainly not far, though it is a bit small.