The age of lawful consent to a marriage was 12 for girls and 14 for boys. Most Roman women seem to have married in their late teens to early twenties, but noble women married younger than those of the lower classes, and an aristocratic girl was expected to be virgin until her first marriage.

What was the average age for a Roman girl to marry?

Hopkins called the results striking and unexpected when set against the early age at marriage of girls (median 15.5 years) recorded on stone inscriptions in the western half of the Roman empire.

How old did the groom and bride have to be if they wanted to get married in ancient Rome?

A groom in ancient Rome had to reach the age of 14, a bride – 12 in order to be able to get married. Women were dressed in a long tunic and white robe without any ornaments, on her head she had a short red veil and a crown made out of flowers she had picked.

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