Approaches to the sources on adultery at Rome

Abstract

There has been a good deal of speculation as to the amount of sexual freedom enjoyed by Roman men and women. This freedom certainly involved many types of liaison: homosexual as well as heterosexual; from casual use of prostitutes to established concubinage. In a society where marriage was common, many of these relationships entailed adultery. The purpose of this study is to present different sorts of evidence on heterosexual extra-marital love affairs, especially evidence which reflects societal attitudes towards such affairs, and to draw attention to problems in the evaluation of this evidence.

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