Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society, it was highly structured but also logical and, in some ways ...

Though Roman wedding rings remain elusive and were likely not used, the practice of offering them to mark engagements may have inspired their use during wedding ceremonies by the Christian church. By ...

Roman's Wedding Miniatures Here's an impossible job for a composer... write music for a wedding that lasts FOUR DAYS. Sweden's Johan Helmich Roman was given that task in the summer of 1744.