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Contubernium
A ''contubernium'' was a quasi-marital relationship in ancient Rome between a free citizen and a slave or between two slaves. A slave involved in such relationship was called ''contubernalis''. The term describes a wide range of situations, from outright sexual slavery to quasi-marriage. For instance, according to Suetonius, Caenis, a slave and secretary of Antonia Minor, was Vespasian's wife "in all but name", until her death in AD 74. It was also not uncommon for slaves to create family-like unions, allowed but not protected by the law. In Roman law In the Roman legal system, a slave did not have a family. If a slave man entered into a ''contubernium'' with a free woman, the children were born free " ''iure gentium''". If instead the man was free but the woman was a slave, the children were born slaves. The law also allowed a slave-owner to free the slave and enter into a concubinage or a regular marriage. A Roman could exploit his own slaves for sex, but was not entitled ...
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Concubinatus
A ''concubinatus'' (Latin for "concubinage" – see also '' concubina'', "concubine", considered less pejorative than '' paelex'', and '' concubinus'', "man who lives with another with no legal marriage") was an institution of quasi-marriage between Roman citizens who for various reasons did not want to enter into a full marriage. The institution was often found in unbalanced couples, where one of the members belonged to a higher social class or where one of the two was freed and the other one was freeborn. However, it differed from a ''contubernium'', where at least one of the partners was a slave. In Roman law What legally differentiated a concubinage from a marriage was a lack of ''affectio maritalis'' ("marital affection"), which was the desire of having a legal spouse, raise their rank, make them their equal, or the corresponding intent from the other party involved. A person registered in a ''concubinatus'' was not allowed to have a spouse at the same time. Emperor Augus ...
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Concubinatus
A ''concubinatus'' (Latin for "concubinage" – see also '' concubina'', "concubine", considered less pejorative than '' paelex'', and '' concubinus'', "man who lives with another with no legal marriage") was an institution of quasi-marriage between Roman citizens who for various reasons did not want to enter into a full marriage. The institution was often found in unbalanced couples, where one of the members belonged to a higher social class or where one of the two was freed and the other one was freeborn. However, it differed from a ''contubernium'', where at least one of the partners was a slave. In Roman law What legally differentiated a concubinage from a marriage was a lack of ''affectio maritalis'' ("marital affection"), which was the desire of having a legal spouse, raise their rank, make them their equal, or the corresponding intent from the other party involved. A person registered in a ''concubinatus'' was not allowed to have a spouse at the same time. Emperor Augus ...
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Caenis
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''. Life It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, based on a trip she took there (Suet. Dom. 12.3). In her 30s Caenis, still possibly a slave, was in an unofficial type of relationship with Vespasian, known as ''contubernium'', before his marriage. According to Suetonius, after the death of Vespasian's wife Flavia Domitilla, Vespasian and Caenis, now a freedwoman, resumed their relationship; she was his wife "in all but name" until her death in AD 74. She had a remarkable memory and considerable influence on the emperor's administration, carried out official business on his behalf, and apparently made a lot of money from her position. However, she was treated with disrespect by Vespasian's son Domitian, who refused to greet her as one of the family. Popular culture The life of Caenis and ...
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