{"id":1355,"date":"2025-03-24T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:44:29","slug":"love-sex-and-marriage-in-ancient-rome-power-passion-and-patriarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/de\/love-sex-and-marriage-in-ancient-rome-power-passion-and-patriarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Liebe, Sex und Ehe im antiken Rom: Macht, Leidenschaft und Patriarchat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Im alten Rom waren Liebe und Ehe keine privaten, romantischen Angelegenheiten \u2013 sie wurden geregelt von <strong>Patriarchat<\/strong>Im Mittelpunkt des r\u00f6mischen Familienlebens stand die <em>Familienvater<\/em>, das m\u00e4nnliche Oberhaupt des Haushalts, das die volle Autorit\u00e4t \u00fcber seine Frau, Kinder und sogar Sklaven hatte. Dieses Machtgef\u00fcge wurzelte im Mythos: Die Legende von der Gr\u00fcndung Roms erz\u00e4hlt, wie <strong>Romulus t\u00f6tete seinen Zwillingsbruder Remus<\/strong> und gr\u00fcndete die Stadt im Jahr 753 v. Chr. \u2013 eine Entstehungsgeschichte, die von m\u00e4nnlicher Dominanz gepr\u00e4gt ist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1356 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o.jpg 850w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-600x577.jpg 600w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-500x481.jpg 500w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-768x738.jpg 768w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-78x75.jpg 78w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8988282212_817e68b924_o-480x461.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Nicht lange danach nahm ein weiterer Gr\u00fcndungsmythos Gestalt an: <strong>der Raub der Sabinerinnen<\/strong>R\u00f6mische M\u00e4nner, die nicht gen\u00fcgend Frauen hatten, entf\u00fchrten Frauen aus benachbarten St\u00e4mmen. Als diese versuchten, sich zu wehren, <strong>Hersilia<\/strong>, eine der gefangenen Frauen und nun Romulus&#039; Frau, intervenierte. Sie \u00fcberzeugte die anderen, zu bleiben und Blutvergie\u00dfen zu verhindern. Diese Geschichte, ob historisch oder nicht, gab den Ton an: In der r\u00f6mischen Gesellschaft <strong>M\u00e4nner hatten die Macht, und von Frauen wurde erwartet, dass sie diese akzeptierten und sich daran anpassten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Die Ehe: Ein Gesellschaftsvertrag, keine Liebesgeschichte<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Ehe in Rom war oft eher ein Gesch\u00e4ft als eine romantische Verbindung. In den oberen Klassen ging es darum, Kinder zu bekommen und Allianzen zu schmieden. Romantische Liebe, obwohl in der Poesie bewundert, galt als Luxus \u2013 etwas, das <strong>Manche Paare k\u00f6nnten genie\u00dfen<\/strong>, aber viele w\u00fcrden das nicht tun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das hei\u00dft aber nicht, dass es keine Liebe gab. Briefe, Grabinschriften und Inschriften zeugen von tiefen, liebevollen Ehen. Doch h\u00e4ufiger <strong>Leidenschaft wurde au\u00dferhalb der Ehe gefunden<\/strong>, in Aff\u00e4ren und Liebschaften \u2013 und hier kamen r\u00f6mische Dichter ins Spiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dichter und Leidenschaft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vieles von dem, was wir \u00fcber die Liebe im antiken Rom wissen, stammt aus der Poesie. <strong>Catull<\/strong> (ca. 85\u201354 v. Chr.) ist vielleicht das ber\u00fchmteste Beispiel. Er schrieb 25 Gedichte an \u201eLesbia\u201c, ein Pseudonym f\u00fcr <strong>Clodia<\/strong>, eine verheiratete Frau und die Frau eines Staatsmannes <strong>Metellus Celer<\/strong>Ihre Ehe war kalt und k\u00e4mpferisch, doch Catull brannte vor Hingabe f\u00fcr sie. In <em>Gedicht 5<\/em>schreibt er:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201eLesbia, komm, lass uns leben und lieben und sein<br>Taub f\u00fcr das abscheuliche Geschw\u00e4tz der h\u00e4sslichen alten Narren;<br>\u2026<br>Gib mir tausend K\u00fcsse und noch hundert,<br>Noch einmal tausend und noch einmal hundert \u2026\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-600x380.webp 600w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-500x317.webp 500w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-768x487.webp 768w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-118x75.webp 118w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11265.jpg-480x304.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Doch seine Hoffnungen waren vergeblich \u2013 Clodia konnte sich nicht von ihrem Mann scheiden lassen, um mit einem anderen Mann zusammen zu sein. Scheidungen waren in Rom zwar erlaubt, aber nur im Rahmen der gesellschaftlichen Normen: bei Unfruchtbarkeit, Missbrauch oder Vernachl\u00e4ssigung. <strong>Eine Frau, die Ehebruch begeht, kann dies nicht als Scheidungsgrund verwenden.<\/strong>, auch wenn ihr Mann dasselbe tat. Nach <strong>Augustus Caesar<\/strong> an die Macht kam, wurden die Ehebruchgesetze noch strenger \u2013 Metellus Celer h\u00e4tte nach diesen neuen Regeln sowohl Clodia als auch Catull legal t\u00f6ten k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frauenstimmen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Obwohl selten, sprachen auch weibliche Stimmen von Liebe. Die einzige \u00fcberlebende r\u00f6mische Dichterin, <strong>Sulpicia<\/strong>, Tochter eines Juristen <strong>Servius Sulpicius Rufus<\/strong>, schrieb offen \u00fcber ihre Liebe zu einem Mann namens \u201eCerinthus\u201c \u2013 wahrscheinlich ein Pseudonym, da ihre Familie dies missbilligte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Gedicht 1<\/em>schrieb sie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eIch habe mich endlich verliebt.<br>Dies ist die Art von Liebe, die, wenn sie verborgen bleibt, meinem Ruf mehr n\u00fctzt,<br>Aber es preiszugeben \u2026 w\u00fcrde ihm wahrscheinlich schaden.<br>\u2026<br>Ich m\u00f6chte nur meiner w\u00fcrdigen Liebe f\u00fcr w\u00fcrdig befunden werden.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leider hielt die Liebe nicht lange. Cerinthus war untreu und <em>Gedicht 4<\/em> sie schl\u00e4gt um sich:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201eIch mache mir mehr Sorgen um diese Proletenhure in ihrem Schlampenoutfit als um Sulpicia, die Tochter des Servius!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">G\u00f6tter, Sex und soziale Normen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Die r\u00f6mische Religion spiegelte dieses Ungleichgewicht wider. <strong>Dii stimmt zu<\/strong> \u2014 sechs g\u00f6ttliche Paare, darunter <strong>Jupiter und Juno, Mars und Venus<\/strong> \u2013 modellierten Beziehungen f\u00fcr Menschen. Die m\u00e4nnlichen G\u00f6tter durften fremdgehen; von den weiblichen G\u00f6ttern wurde erwartet, tugendhaft zu bleiben. Diese g\u00f6ttliche Doppelmoral verst\u00e4rkte die sexuellen Normen in der Gesellschaft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prostitution<\/strong>war beispielsweise legal und \u00fcblich \u2013 sowohl f\u00fcr M\u00e4nner als auch f\u00fcr Frauen. M\u00e4nnliche B\u00fcrger besuchten oft Bordelle oder hatten Gelegenheitspartner, darunter Frauen, Jungen oder M\u00e4nner (solange der Partner kein frei geborener R\u00f6mer war). Die r\u00f6mische Gesellschaft unterschied nicht zwischen heterosexuellen und homosexuellen Handlungen \u2013 nur zwischen gesellschaftlich \u201eakzeptablen\u201c und \u201einakzeptablen\u201c Partnern.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Einige Handlungen \u00fcberschritten jedoch rechtliche und moralische Grenzen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Castitas<\/strong> \u2013 Versto\u00df gegen ein Keuschheitsgel\u00fcbde (z. B. eine Vestalin, die ihr Gel\u00fcbde bricht)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inzest<\/strong> \u2013 Inzest oder Befleckung einer keuschen Person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Raptus<\/strong> \u2013 Entf\u00fchrung (auch mit Zustimmung, wenn die Frau ohne die Zustimmung ihres Vaters fortging)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stuprum<\/strong> \u2013 sexuelle \u00dcbergriffe gegen\u00fcber einem freigeborenen B\u00fcrger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>F\u00fcr Ehepaare mit Problemen gab es sogar eine <strong>Tempel der G\u00f6ttin Viriplaca<\/strong> (\u201eMann-Beruhiger\u201c), wo Streitigkeiten beigelegt werden konnten \u2013 normalerweise zugunsten des Ehemanns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hochzeiten und Rituale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-600x233.jpg 600w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-500x194.jpg 500w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-768x298.jpg 768w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-18x7.jpg 18w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marri-480x186.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00f6mische Hochzeiten variierten je nach Stand, teilten aber gemeinsame Traditionen. Es gab drei Arten der Ehe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Confarreatio<\/strong> \u2013 Patrizierhochzeit mit einer Zeremonie, bei der Dinkelbrot verwendet wird.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Koemptio<\/strong> \u2013 plebejische Ehe, im Wesentlichen ein symbolischer Kauf der Braut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Usus<\/strong> \u2013 Nichtehe nach einem Jahr des Zusammenlebens.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In einem <em>Konfarreation<\/em> Hochzeit, Omen wurden im Voraus gelesen. Die Braut schwor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201eWann und wo du bist, Gaius, dann und dort bin ich, Gaia.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Zeremonie umfasste zehn Zeugen, das Teilen von Kuchen, ein Festmahl und eine \u00f6ffentliche Prozession. Der Br\u00e4utigam \u201enahm\u201c die Braut von ihrer Mutter \u2013 eine Anspielung auf die <strong>Sabinenmythos<\/strong> und die alte Idee von <strong>Heirat durch Gefangennahme<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Braut warf auf dem Weg M\u00fcnzen als Gl\u00fccksbringer hin, und der Br\u00e4utigam verteilte S\u00fc\u00dfigkeiten \u2013 \u00e4hnlich wie heute Reis. Anschlie\u00dfend trug er die Braut \u00fcber die Schwelle in ihr neues Zuhause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e4dchen konnten ab 12 Jahren heiraten, Jungen ab 15 Jahren \u2013 M\u00e4nner heirateten jedoch normalerweise sp\u00e4ter (mit etwa 26), da sie vorher als zu impulsiv galten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scheidung und Realit\u00e4t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-1000x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1359 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-1000x1200.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-600x720.jpg 600w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-417x500.jpg 417w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-63x75.jpg 63w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene-480x576.jpg 480w, https:\/\/la-cortigiana.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marble-sarcophagus-fragment-marriage-scene.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Trotz der Formalit\u00e4t, <strong>Scheidung war kein Stigma<\/strong>, und Wiederverheiratung war normal \u2013 ja sogar erwartet. In der Republik waren Scheidungen selten, doch im Kaiserreich wurde die Ehe immer weniger beliebt. Die Geburtenraten sanken, und Augustus musste Gro\u00dffamilien mit rechtlichen Privilegien f\u00f6rdern.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennoch waren nicht alle Ehen kalt oder strategisch. <strong>Plinius der J\u00fcngere<\/strong> schrieb \u00fcber einen Freund, Macrinus, der nach 39 gl\u00fccklichen Jahren seine Frau verlor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201eDiese Frau hat ihren Mann mit dem gr\u00f6\u00dften Respekt behandelt und hat im Gegenzug tats\u00e4chlich dasselbe verdient \u2026 Er hatte so lange so etwas Gutes \u2026 und sp\u00fcrt jetzt den Schmerz \u00fcber das, was er verloren hat.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja, das antike Rom war ein <strong>patriarchalische Gesellschaft<\/strong> wo M\u00e4nner die Regeln bestimmen \u2013 in der Politik, zu Hause und im Schlafzimmer. Aber innerhalb dieses Rahmens gab es immer noch <strong>Raum f\u00fcr Liebe, Sehnsucht, Verrat, Poesie<\/strong>und sogar gegenseitiger Respekt. Die Leidenschaft mag au\u00dferhalb des Ehebetts heller gebrannt haben, aber Zuneigung und Kameradschaft waren zwischen Mann und Frau immer noch m\u00f6glich \u2013 und sehr real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ancient Rome, love and marriage weren\u2019t private, romantic matters \u2014 they were ruled by patriarchy. 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