Marriage and acculturation in Roman Algeria.

The patterns of marriage attested on the surviving epitaphs at Lambaesis suggest that very few of the Romanized soldiers or civilians married un-Romanized women. This segregation of the Romanized population is even more evident when iits marriage patterns are compared to those at Thubursicu Numidar...

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Author:David Cherry
Volume:92/1
Pages:71-83
Periodical:Classical Philology
Edition:1997
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > General historical studies > Roman / Christian Africa > Marriage
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:The patterns of marriage attested on the surviving epitaphs at Lambaesis suggest that very few of the Romanized soldiers or civilians married un-Romanized women. This segregation of the Romanized population is even more evident when iits marriage patterns are compared to those at Thubursicu Numidarum, where the intermarriage of Romanized and un-Romanized appears to have been much more common.

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