No, it actually didn't actually exist in Rome - for example, see the Wikipedia article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage#Ancient http://en.

No, it actually didn't actually exist in Rome - for example, see the Wikipedia article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage#Ancient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage#Ancient The examples were apparently satirical, and had no legal standing under Roman law. The exceptions were a few Roman emperors who had...interesting....whims. But hey, it's the emperor, who are you to tell him what's legal or illegal. Fast forward a few thousand years, and the one other exception is history is one Spanish priest in 1061.