Caste and Race in India c10.77

c10.77

In prehistoric Rome endogamy existed to this extent that marriage was arranged within the limits of the gens.¹ Generally marriage could take place only between parties that were equal in their political rights. Thus a free man could not wed a freed woman without the special permission of the Senate.² In the fifth century A.D. men were not permitted to marry out of their guild. If the daughter of a member of the baker-caste married a man not belonging to it, her husband had to adopt her father's calling.³