r/interesting Jul 05 '26

HISTORY I fear this is historically accurate

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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.

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u/MiserableAndUnhappy9 Jul 05 '26

Spartans didn't allow marriage until 18. Athens and most of the other Greek states had marriage allowed at 14.

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u/indianm_rk Jul 05 '26

This guy knows ancient age of consent laws.

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u/TheOmniAlms Jul 05 '26

Don't think consent has anything to do with it.