china totobetSame-sex marriage - Wikipedia ; WebThe idea implicit in the word is that a man took a woman in marriage, in matrimonium ducere, so that he might have children by her." [48] In 342 AD, Christian emperors Constantius II and Constans issued a law in the Theodosian Code ( C. Th. 9.7.3) prohibiting marriage between same-sex couples in Rome and ordering execution for those so …