Adultery, which had been a private family matter under the Republic, was criminalized, and defined broadly as an illicit sex act (stuprum) that occurred between a male citizen and a married woman, or between a married woman and any man other than her husband.
Utroskab, som havde været et familieanliggende under republikken, blev kriminaliseret, og var bredt defineret som en ulovlig seksuel handling (stuprum), som fandt sted imellem en mandlig borger og en gift kvinde, eller imellem en gift kvinde og enhver anden end sin egen mand.