tunica recta
white wedding dress
flammeum
“saffron” colored veil
sponsalia
engagement
dos
dowry
“ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia”
what bride says at ceremony-“where you are, my husband, I am”
What does a girl do the night before her wedding?
Dedicate her bulla to the Lares
pronuba
matron of honor
bad luck to marry on:
the kalends, nones, ides (and the day after each) of any month; all of May and half of June were all unlucky days; also unlucky, the days the lower world was supposed to open- August 24, October 5, November 8
Usus
common law marriage
coemptio
fictitious sale of the bride
confarreatio
upper class marriage ceremony
deductio
procession of wedding party to forum