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6、Concubinage
纳妾制度
A concubine in ancient Rome was slightly different from that of the traditional variety. First off, a man could only have one concubine at a time, and was not allowed to have a concubine if he was already married. In addition, the relationship between a man and his concubine had legal standing and was considered a step below marriage, though there werespecific legal differences.
古罗马的妾侍跟传统的妾侍有一点细微的差别。首先，一个男人只能有一个妾侍，但是如果他已经结婚了的话，那么他就不准再拥有妾侍了。除此之外，男人和妾侍这种关系是受法律承认的，而且人们普遍认为这是婚姻的某一步骤，但是在法律方面还是截然不同的区别。
In fact, most women who became concubines were only not wives due to social standing, or a man’s wish not to complicate the inheritance of his wealth due to a previous marriage. Children born from concubinage were considered illegitimate; however, the father was still expected to provide for them while he was alive. Also, the concubine herself was not elevated to the same social status as the man—as opposed to a wife—and she was banned from worshiping Juno, the goddess of marriage.
事实上，大部分成为妾侍的妇女不能成为妻子，不仅仅是因为社会地位，归根结底还因为男人不想要先前的这段婚姻来混淆他们子孙的继承财产的权利。妾侍生下的孩子是不被法律承认的；然而，法律依旧希望父亲要在孩子活着的时候抚养他。同时，妾侍自身不会提升到与男人拥有同等社会地位的妻位上，她将不再受到婚姻女神朱诺的保护。
