Megullia Dotata
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Megullia, surnamed Dotata ('richly dowered'), was an ancient Roman noblewoman.
Life
Megullia is one of the one hundred and six subjects of
Fabricius Luscinus.[6]
Dotata
At the beginning of the Roman republic
asses of brass), then it was considered a Great Fortune and Megullia was nicknamed Dotata.[9] The name dotata was synonymous with "dowry girl" and was the name given to the bride that had a dowry. This trend continued for a long time and if anything above a normal amount was given then the female giver was called a Megullia Dotata.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-674-01130-9)
- ^ a b Boccaccio, Giovanni, Concerning Famous Women, translated by Guido A. Guarino (New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1963) pp. 117
- ^ Valerius Maximus — Liber IV
- ISBN 0-87220-674-2
- ^ translation of Valerius Maximus' Liber IV
- Titus Livy, History of Rome, Vol. 3 [10 AD], Book XXII
- ^ Roman Dowry and the Devolution of Property in the Principate
- ^ Adam, Alexander; Roman antiquities: or An account of the manners and customs of the Romans, p. 329; 1842 New York; New York public library 480576A
- ^ Adam, op. cit., p. 406
References
- Roman law and dotata: Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian By Susan Treggiari, pp 96–104, 209–211, 326–342, 541; ISBN 0-19-814939-5
- Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire By Jerome Carcopino describes the dowry and dotata on pages 97 – 100
- ISBN 0-87220-674-2
- Horace referred to the wealthy wife's enslavement of the husband as, dotata regit virum conjux - a dowered wife rules her husband (Od iii, 18).
- The New Comedy of Greece and Rome By Richard L. Hunter, "dotata ('dowered wife') pp 91, 92, 166; ISBN 0-521-31652-9
- Cicero writes of the importance of the dotata and Roman customs in ad Att. XIV.13, XV.20, Pro Caecina c4 & c25
- Saint Jeromespeaks of the large dowry (megullia dotata) in his Letters 9, 13, 54, 79.
External links
- Ancient weddings
- Ancient Roman wedding practice as related to marriage in Ireland speaks of the dotata as the dowry and the ancient Roman customs.
- The female model and the reality of Roman women under the Republic and the Empire by Francesca Cenerini of Università di Bologna, reference to time of the Second Punic War pertaining to uxor dotata (a woman who had a large dowry).