来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景第3集第3集》

Why did the Romans do that?

为什么罗马人会这样规定
That's very different from the Greeks, very different from

这与希腊人完全不同
other people in the Ancient Mediterranean.

与古地中海地区的其他民族也有很大差别
Why did they want to make sure that the daughters stayed in the

为什么他们要确保女儿属于她们
households of their fathers?

父亲的家族
They did this because they didn't want the upper-class in

这么做是因为他们不想让罗马上流社会
Rome, who were the elite,

那些精英分子
they didn't want any one household,

不想让其中任何一家
or any small group of households, to become too powerful.

或几家独大
And if you have women marrying off into other families,

如果女人嫁入其他家庭
and then they leave the household of their fathers,

离开她们父亲的家族
and they are officially and legally in a household with

而法律上加入了