Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After the long religious ceremony, Orville and Domitia stood up and left the temple.

Domitia said to Orville: "This is still a very sacred place, but it's a bit too serious. I still prefer those temples in the downtown area, which are more popular."

The Romans' religious beliefs are relatively down-to-earth, and the temples are closely related to the lives of ordinary people, but this time Domitia chose a very formal place.

"Seriousness and sacredness are also part of faith, especially this kind of formal prayer. Only when it is formal will the gods listen to our voices seriously."

Orville explained a little, and at the same time began to complain in his heart.

Don't think that Domitia dislikes the other party for being too serious now. She has never seen the type of person who is really not serious. He is very curious about how Domitia will view Ovid in the future. He knows that Ovid will write the epic "Metamorphoses" in the future. Domitia would probably be so angry after reading the content of this article that she would give the other party a gift package of exile in the Black Sea. Maybe she would be sentenced to death directly because of Domitia's bad temper, not because of the moral corruption, but because of disrespect for God.

In the Athenian world, the goddess Athena is a very serious goddess of civilization, and in the Sabine world like Domitia, Minerva is also the master of sacred wisdom. Although there are more or less unauthentic black histories, there will definitely not be such a situation as the following.

Poseidon (Neptune) transformed into a bird and played life with Medusa in the temple of Athena (Minerva). Minerva couldn't stand it but didn't want to provoke Poseidon, so she turned Medusa's hair into snake hair as a punishment.

The weaver weaved better than Athena and challenged the divine power. Athena "knocked Arachne's head three or four times with the shuttle in her hand", and then turned the weaver into a spider, so that "your race will also be punished in the same way, so that you will not be safe for generations to come".

Ovid's stories were not entirely myths, but more fables based on myths, which were used to reflect and perhaps even satirize the decadent days of the Roman nobles.

Although these stories became famous in later generations, they were not the Greeks' own myths at all. It was the stories written by Ovid that entered the Greek mythology system in turn.

For a devout believer, these fables really make people's blood pressure soar, not to mention that Domitia was also a standard Roman noble. This was not just a slang, but a slang.

After Ovid spoke out to support him, he gave Ovid another gift and promised to help make books next time.

Although Ovid's family background was good, it was only at the level of an ordinary wealthy family. He earned some floating wealth by literary talent, but it was also spent by his socializing. People like Caesar would owe a lot of debts for studying and socializing, let alone him, but he did not have his own Crassus, and no one generously funded him regardless of the cost.

He couldn't afford the high cost of ancient books now, and Orville funded him more or less for fun - he wanted to write the book "Metamorphoses" as it was in history. On the one hand, it was a precious cultural heritage, and on the other hand, he wanted to see what the Romans and Greeks would think.

Domitia didn't think about these things in her mind. When she heard Orville's words, she nodded in agreement: "That's right. God should be God anyway, and there should be a sense of distance between him and mortals. I just agree that God should not always be high above. You did a good job in Gaul and Britain. These actions are not only beneficial to civilians, but also greatly increased the number of believers of the goddess Minerva. I think this policy can be promoted."

The other party was referring to the Minerva Mutual Aid Association, a grassroots mutual aid organization created by Orville, which referred to the organization of the early Christian Church, but did not emphasize the part about faith. Despite this, these mutual aid associations still attracted many believers. After all, in their eyes, Minerva did bring them real benefits.

However, things did not develop completely according to Orville's idea, because later Christians such as Jeanna and some local druids also participated in it, and the color of Nerva's faith faded a lot, which made the mutual aid association closer to a grassroots organization rather than a religious organization. Orville himself had no opinion. In any case, it was a good development. Domitia didn't seem to be fully aware of the twists and turns inside, which was also a good thing, otherwise she would have opinions again.

"I will find a way to promote it. Now is not the time. It's almost time to go back," he reached out and patted Domitia's shoulder, "Starting tomorrow, you can invite some of your friends to come. Pay attention to your personal friends. The wedding is not for the public or political allies. Only family friends will enter. There is no limit on the number of people. You can invite a lot of people, up to a hundred people."

"Oh..." Domitia responded, her tone was inexplicably low.

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After the complicated preparations, the wedding officially began.

Whether it is the simple and crude "limited marriage" or "marriage by sale" or the complicated "marriage of eating together", the traditional Roman marriage highly emphasizes the husband's power. In essence, women are subordinate to their husbands. Even if the marriage law has been changed later, this problem has not been fundamentally solved. For Tia, this is definitely not possible. She also cannot accept simple cohabitation (which can be understood as cohabitation without formal marriage but recognized by law, living together, which is a bit like the cohabitation type of modern Westerners, and is also recognized by law to enjoy some rights. There is also a view that this is raising a mistress.) This does not change Orville's own situation and damages his own reputation.

So a strange scene appeared. It is estimated that there will be no similar examples in the next few decades or hundreds of years. With the support of the emperor, a very formal wedding was held in the Flavian mansion.

The formality refers to the pomp of the wedding. The guards were dispatched, and many celebrities from Rome or other places participated in it. The total number of people added up, after streamlining, there were more than 2,000 people, which was a lot for an ordinary wedding.

Informal refers to the type of marriage. They did not follow the Roman tradition, but carried out a marriage of international law.

The so-called marriage of international law is also called abbreviated marriage, or it can also be called marriage without husband's power. Its characteristic is that the husband and wife have separate property system after marriage, and each husband and wife retains personal property and the power to manage and dispose of it. In other words, the husband has no dominance over his wife, and the status of both parties is equal in law.

This is not a "Latin marriage" but a "Roman Empire marriage". All people in the empire can do this, and it is recognized and protected by the law of nations.

PS. Today is still early, and tomorrow may return to normal time