<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=84591.msg3734189#msg3734189">Quote from: Haibane on 06-10-2010, 23:35:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh I think having children at age 13 to 14 was fine back then. I did say 15 so that we could say 13 plus a bit for decency given that these were intelligent children of prosperous families with a secure background and lifestyle such that (unlike say the wives of soldiers) there wasn't so strong a need to procreate the moment the female becomes able to.<br/><br/>It could be the case that the mother was betrothed at birth to the son of another noble family but had to wait until even her 20s to have children if said son was away stomping on Gauls or Britons for a few years.<br/><br/>We could make the sons younger - 16 was definitely an age at which Roman noblemen were in command of regiments or big businesses, nothing like in later times or today. So if the two sons were, say, 16 and 18, the mother could be as young as about 31. A 16 year old boy is *not* a child in Roman times, but a man with often a man's responsibilities.<br/><br/>I take Peace's point that an image should only ever be a guide to personality and so on and isn't intended as a camera lens... plus these rich families did live a life of total ease, being pampered with the equivalent of a modern health spa practically 24/7 so they could keep looking good longer...<br/><br/>But really I didn't intend to stir up a big debate and I'm sorry if I've caused some head-scratching, I was just enjoying looking at the face that bubby is using for her character and thought "Mm, young".<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>13-14 would mean the eldest son would be no more then 24.<br/><br/>I would be willing to have a son in his teens if she would want to lower the age of the mother.<br/><br/>But in the end I'm not sure it matters all that much unless the majority of our group is striving for perfect realism, regarding the looks compared to age department.