Roman
The Roman Family
The father in the Roman family (paterfamilias) exercised absolute and lifelong power over the rest of the relatives (patria potestas): his spouse, children, and slaves). If the father’s father w...
The father in the Roman family (paterfamilias) exercised absolute and lifelong power over the rest of the relatives (patria potestas): his spouse, children, and slaves). If the father’s father w...