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What if your wedding day was the day your life and body were legally taken from you? In ancient Rome, young brides underwent a series of ritualized ceremonies that transformed them from daughters into property, starting with the terrifying hasta—a spear once used in battle. They were dragged through the streets amid obscene chants, carried over thresholds smeared with wolf fat, and subjected to rituals that modern historians describe as a form of legalized marital rape.

In this video, we uncover:

The historical roots of Roman wedding night rituals, from the spear ceremony to the Dolom deducture abduction.

How Roman law, particularly in manu marriage, treated women as property rather than autonomous individuals.

The connection to the founding myth of Rome and the abduction of the Sabine women.

How these rituals shaped centuries of Western marriage customs, gender roles, and legal traditions.

The difference between myth (jus priminoctis) and reality in ancient Rome.

This isn’t just history—it’s a reflection of how traditions normalize control over women’s bodies, and how society has slowly evolved (but not without struggle).

Sources & References:

Plutarch, Lives (1st century CE)

Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

Sarah Pomeroy, Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity

Paul Veyne, Roman Marriage: Law and Ritual in the Ancient World

Eve Damra, Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome

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