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[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

An "unbetrothed virgin" wasn't a woman, Romans didn't even give them names at birth, just a serial number like Prima, Secunda, Tertia... and they were an expenditure to maintain until they could get sold in matrimony... guess for less than 50 shekels, or it wouldn't be much of a fine otherwise.