The Ancient Roman Wedding Advice

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Speaking to the Dead

Doug Rooney and Will Stafford

25 episodes

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Welcome to Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!

History

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The Ancient Roman Wedding Advice

Speaking to the Dead

49 minutes 10 seconds

3 years ago

The Ancient Roman Wedding Advice

Welcome to the ninth episode of Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!

In this episode, Will makes the dubious choice of turning to the ancient Roman stoic Gaius Musonius Rufus for wedding advice. Learn about the truly shocking extent of patriarchy in Rome and how Rufus offers for his time a radical view of harmony in marriage.