Why was the Roman empire destroyed? (Part I)

Of course there was the answer of historians. Here, in another position, sociologists and anthropologists want to examine the Roman Empire's collapse problem in terms of "culture" to see another answer belonging to depths. Humanities.

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In ancient times, Romans often performed marriage in four forms. One is robbery ; two are experiences ; three are honest ; and four is trading .

The first form is compulsive, occurring in primitive times. When the population grows, this form is converted into an experimental form, ie a male and female living together for a while, then determining a formal marriage. As long as the two parties live together continuously for one year or more, the girl's family will no longer be the patriarchal, and she will be under the control of her husband and husband's family. What is continuous living? The Romans conceived that if they left their husband on behalf of 3 days and 3 nights, it was considered that the girl had to start over.

The third is the form of co-marriage (also called religious marriage) that is celebrated solemnly and according to complicated rituals. The marriage ceremony consists of 3 main stages: to be married (to get the bride), to be married (to receive the bride) and to be honest (to be a member). Fourth is the form of marriage purchase. This form sees women as a trade item: A man needs only 5 witnesses and a person in charge of a scale can buy a wife. In front of witnesses, the one-armed groom holds a certain valuables, one holding a bronze block declares: " According to Roman law, this thing is my possession, I use copper and a scale to buy it. ". After placing the coin on the weight, he was given the ownership of the wife by the patriarch. This is the most widely circulated form of marriage in Rome at that time.

Ancient Roman society absolutely turned on the rights of the husband. Husband can leave his wife at any time. On the contrary, the wife is always loyal. If she caught the wife of an adulteress, her husband had the right to kill his wife in place. Even just listening to rumors about his wife being promiscuous, her husband was able to "handle".

By 195 BC, Roman women were up, forming a team to encircle the Senate Institute, demanding freedom. From that time, the strict atmosphere in the family gradually ceased and led to the bankruptcy of the old morality. At this time, the main purpose of men in marriage is to have dowry. So as long as the wife does not disturb her, the husband can give her the way of life. Therefore, around the 2nd century BC, Roman women gradually escaped from family ties. The phenomenon of adultery and their sex life is also generous without men. Previously women did not have the right to divorce, but now they can divorce for any reason. So a contemporary poet sarcastically:

In 5 winters
She changed to 8 husbands
And proud to carve wonders on tombstones!

The looseness of the family made the husbands extremely dissatisfied. So the emperor Augustus declared the ordinance: If he finds his wife's wife, the husband must divorce, otherwise he will be severely punished. Under this law, "prostitutes" will be exiled to an island with no human footprint and no right to remarry. And "lewd" must exile to another island. Even men with unmarried women with unregistered women are convicted. Therefore, the number of female technicians to register increased so much that many of the majors also applied to become female technicians!

Start of bankruptcy

At the end of the Republic regime, the theater and arena developed widely in Rome, making it easier to meet men and women. In outdoor stages, boys and girls can sit confused to watch plays or wrestling. This is a favorable condition for love to flourish freely.

In ancient times, the Romans had little talk about culture because they poured all their strength into war. So they like to talk about discipline, responsibility, rather than culture. But when the great Roman empire was founded, the Romans became the boss of many behemoths and slaves, the extravagant life changed them. A sense of "calculation" also distorts. To see this transformation clearly, we can examine the worship of Roman gods. First they worshiped cold, serious images, symbolizing meaningful abstract morality to protect the Romans. The most typical is the kitchen fire goddess who protects the national prosperity and the peace of the family. In many ancient Roman sculptures, this goddess is shaped very nicely, her righteous posture despite being completely nude.

To worship the goddess, 6 virgins were selected from noble families. From the age of ten, these six girls were brought into the temple to absolutely devote themselves to pure religious rituals for 30 years. The morality of female priests is considered sacred to the nation's prosperity.

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