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The early Empire has become almost a locus celeberrimus for popular histories ofsame-sex marriage, and the attraction is not difficult to understand. Regardless ofpolemical allegiance, the activist who chooses to focus on the occurrences of sucha practice in the early Empire is afforded two advantages. Firstly, Christianity hadnot yet become an influential moral code in mainstream society, and thereforearguments for the acceptance or rejection of the practice gain extra weight frombeing non-sectarian. Secondly, the depictions and verbal forms in the extantliterature are unambiguous, so there is no need for evidential pleading. Yet a clearcut answer to the question ‘Did the Romans have gay marriages?’ is surprisinglyunhelpful. If one says yes, does it mean that Roman society fully condoned thepractice? If one says no, does it mean that homosexuality was opposed by thecommon populace? The texts that have come down to us depicting same-sexmarriage and the opposition which they detail are not simple and simple answerswill likewise not suffice. Yet even in academia, lines are sometimes drawn tooquickly. As Richlin summarizes:

CASA ESSAY: ‘SCILICET HORRORES PUTARES’ OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN THE EARLY EMPIRE