es ) ▁and ▁for ▁Meg ull ia , ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁cons ul ▁( 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁ass es ) ▁- ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁name ▁" D ot ata " ▁( d ow ried ) ▁came ▁when ▁she ▁entered ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁house ▁with ▁this ▁large ▁amount . ▁It ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁make ▁then ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁woman ▁with ▁such ▁a ▁large ▁dow ry ▁that ▁of ▁Meg ull ia ▁D ot ata . ▁Besides ▁Sci pio ▁and ▁Fab r ici us , ▁the ▁Senate ▁raised ▁dow ries ▁for ▁the ▁daughters ▁of ▁others ▁they ▁wished ▁to ▁keep ▁in ▁service ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁family ▁funds ▁for ▁a ▁dow ry , ▁like ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Fab r ici us ▁L usc inus . ▁ ▁D ot ata ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁republic ▁dow ries ▁were ▁small . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁dow ry ▁given ▁by ▁the ▁sen ate ▁to ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Sci pio ▁African us ▁was ▁only ▁ 3 5 ▁pounds ▁or ▁ 1 1 , 0 0 0 ▁ass es ▁of ▁br ass . ▁If ▁the ▁dow ry ▁was ▁about ▁five ▁times ▁this ▁amount , ▁ 1 6 0 ▁- ▁ 1 7 5 ▁pounds ▁( 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁ass es ▁of ▁br ass ), ▁then ▁it ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁Great ▁Fort une ▁and ▁Meg ull ia ▁was ▁nick named ▁D ot ata . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁dot ata ▁was ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁" d ow ry ▁girl " ▁and ▁was ▁the