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As I have been studying the lives of Romans, I have had trouble placing the infamis in the social structure. I understand that one who is an infamis cannot vote, hold public office, or represent others in court, but what sort of role did they play in society, and what are the ways that one becomes branded with infamy? Also, what would daily life be like for an infamis?
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Mono gamy One spouse
Bi gamy Two spouses
poly gamy 3 or more spouses
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Does this apply to general assault (i.e. a bar fight), or something more malicious like a mugging or organized crime?
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It strikes me that several American presidents would have been classed as infamis: Jackson (duellist) Truman (financial insolvency; he went bankrupt) Reagan (an actor)probably many others, especially if you count slander, virtually all of them were guilty of that.
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I think quite a few emperors and empresses could have been classed as infamis, too, if some rumours were correct. But Roman law was a strange beast, and it was not rigidly applied to all people at all times.
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I think it's interesting that just because one was an infamis, it didn't mean that they couldn't be wealthy and famous. The emperor Nero gave his favorite gladiator a villa, wealth, and property equal to that of any senator in Rome.
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