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In ancient Rome, ''confarreatio'' was a traditional patrician form of marriage. The ceremony involved the bride and bridegroom sharing a cake of spelt, in Latin ''far'' or ''panis farreus'', hence the rite's name. The Flamen Dialis and Pontifex Maximus presided over the wedding, and ten witnesses had to be present. The woman passed directly from the hand ''(manus)'' of her father or head of household (the ''paterfamilias'') to that of her new husband. Having parents who were married by ''confarreatio'' was a prerequisite for becoming a Vestal or the Flamen Dialis. ''Confarreatio'' seems to have been limited to those whose parents were also married by ''confarreatio'', but later, perhaps with the rise of plebeian ''nobiles'', this requirement must have been relaxed. Scipio Africanus presumably married his wife Aemilia Tertia by ''confarreatio'', because their elder son was Flamen Dialis; yet Scipio's mother Pomponia was a plebeian. Divorce for ''confarreatio'' marriages, ''diffarreatio'', was a difficult process and therefore rare. Not much is known about how ''diffarreatio'' was carried out except that there was a special type of sacrifice that caused the dissolution of the relationship between the man and woman. She would then pass back into the ''manus'' of her ''paterfamilias''. Originally, the ''confarreatio'' was indissoluble, and this remained true of the marriage of the Flamen Dialis. The other two major flamines, the Flamen Martialis and the Flamen Quirinalis, were also required to marry by ''confarreatio.'' The three major flamines were also required to marry virgins; further, if the wife of the Flamen Dialis died, he was immediately required to resign. It is not clear if this was true of the other priests. ==See also== * Marriage in ancient Rome * Manus marriage 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「confarreatio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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