When Did Teen Girls Stop Commonly Getting Married?

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In the Western world (and generally speaking) before imperial Rome, girls were deemed sufficiently mature for marriage and sex when they first started menstruation (and boys, by the way, when they developed pubic hair). Marriage was relatively unregulated by the state then, and instead was seen as a private family matter, so it is presumed these boundaries were flexible.

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http://www.faqs.org/childhood/A-Ar/Age-of-Consent.html
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