Explain the religios and administrative changes during this period
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Explanation:
Nuclear family was the norm. Wife did not transfer to her husband’s authority. A woman retained full rights in the property of her natal family. Woman’s dowry went to the husband for the duration of the marriage. Divorce was relatively easy and needed no more than a notice of intent by either husband or wife. Marriage was generally arranged. Women were often subject to domination by their husbands. Fathers had substantial legal control over their children, even the legal power of life and death.
Rates of casual literacy varied in different parts of the empire. Casual literacy was widespread in Pompeii. Literacy was higher among solders, army officers and estate managers in Egypt. Aramaic was the dominant language group in the Near East, Coptic was spoken in Egypt, Punic and Berber in North Africa, Celtic in Spain and the northwest. Spread of Latin displaced many languages with the passage of time.