jan 1, 99 BC - Husband and Wife
Description:
(1st century BCE)Marble
Tomb on the Via Statilia
Rome
The joining of the right hands, known as DEXTRARUM JUNCTIO, signaled the marital bond and identified the couple's desire to acknowledge conventions of Roman piety and propriety.
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Date:
jan 1, 99 BC
Now
~ 2125 years ago