This thread is actually all about the attacking and the defense of Christianity .... and that's especially true of your posts.
And Roman era women were much better off after the rise of Christianity. Although even pagan Roman women were better off than Athenian women. There, marriages were arranged by the woman's family and women were sequestered and not supposed to walk alone in the street. Ancient Athens was a lot like Saudi Arabia. Not a lot of people know this.
Marriage was usually arranged between the parents of the bride and the groom himself. A man would choose his wife based on three things, the dowry which was given by the father to the groom, her presumed fertility, and her skills, such as weaving. There were no established age limits for marriage. Most women were married by the age of 14, while men commonly married around the age of 30. Polygamy was popular during this time, as rich men could have several wives.[11]
Betrothing a woman was seen as a gift. The son-in-law and father-in-law became allies (etai) through the exchange of other gifts in preparation for the transfer of the bride. Gifts (dora) signified the alliance between the two households. The exchange also showed that the woman's family was not simply selling her or rejecting her; the gifts formalized the legitimacy of a marriage. Gifts from the betrothed wife (hedna) usually consisted of cattle. [12]A man could marry a woman by winning her, through competition, as a prize. A husband might have a wife and a concubine. If the wife gave consent, children bred from the concubine would be acknowledged as heirs to the husband. [12] This practice was mainly confined to high status wealthy men, allowing them multiple concubines and mistresses but only one wife. [13]
Marriages were also arranged through the meeting of the fathers of the young couple, basing the marriage on their interests in expanding a business or forging an alliance between the families, with little concern about what the groom thought of the situation, and no regard for what the wife wished. [14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_wedding_customs
Housewives were kept in seclusion. They were not allowed to mingle with men in any setting. A housewife was not allowed to answer the door of her home or even be in the same room as male guests who visited. The houses' rooms also separated males and females. The wives, daughters, and female slaves lived upstairs, in rooms that were away from the windows and streets. [2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Classical_Athens
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