Flammeum
“Saffron” colored vail
Tunica recta
White wedding dress
Sponsalia
Engagement
Dos
Dowry
“Ubi tu gaius ego Gaia”
What the bride says at the altar. “Where you are, my husband, I am”
Night before the wedding, a girl would…
Dedicate her bulla to the lares
Pronuba
Matron of honor
Bad luck to marry on
The kalends, nones, ides (and the day after) of any month; all of May and half of June were unlucky days, also unlucky, the days the lower world was supposed to open- August 2, October 5, November 8
Usus
Common law marriage
Coemptio
Fictious sale of the bride
Confarreatio
Upper class marriage ceremony
Deductio
Procession of wedding party to forum