| 1. | In order to revive confarreatio marriages, the practice endured some amendments.
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| 2. | As confarreatio slowly fell from favor it became difficult to find candidates for priesthood.
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| 3. | Divorce for " confarreatio " marriages, " diffarreatio ", was a difficult process and therefore rare.
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| 4. | Originally, the " confarreatio " was indissoluble, and this remained true of the marriage of the Flamen Dialis.
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| 5. | The other two major flamines, the Flamen Martialis and the Flamen Quirinalis, were also required to marry by " confarreatio ."
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| 6. | But only after the successful peace negotiations at Octavia, sister of Octavian, had been lawfully wedded to him by " confarreatio ".
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| 7. | Like other " flamines maiores ", the high priest of Mars was a patrician and required to marry through the ceremony of " confarreatio ".
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| 8. | Having parents who were married by " confarreatio " was a prerequisite for becoming a plebeian " nobiles ", this requirement must have been relaxed.
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| 9. | The fact that Marc Antony's parents hadn't been wedded with the ancient ritual of the " confarreatio " was obviously ignored in this case.
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| 10. | The " rex " and " regina sacrorum " were required to marry by the ritual of " confarreatio ", originally reserved for plebeian.
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