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>A person might be branded with a censorial mark in a variety of cases []the offences which are recorded to have been punished by the censors are of a threefold nature.
>Such as occurred in the private life of individuals:
>a. Living in celibacy at a time when a person ought to be married to provide the state with citizens.[73] The obligation of marrying was frequently impressed upon the citizens by the censors, and the refusal to fulfil it was punished with a fine (aes uxorium).
Roman censors making people pay the incel tax