Note 255-1 — Chapter III
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
In Sparta, impotent husbands were obliged to allow another man to have access to their young wives. (Xenoph., De Rep. Laced., I. Plutarch, Lycurg., 15.) Compare J. Grimm, Weisthümer, III, 42. Great importance of adoption in Roman law.