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The Roman Family
The father in the Roman family (paterfamilias) exercised absolute and lifelong power over all other family members (patria potestas): his wife- children- and slaves. If the father/' s father was al Contd...
Each house maintained a cult of ancestors and hearth gods and the paterfamilias was its priest. The family was thought to posses a "genius" (gens) - an inner spirit - passed down the generations. The living and the dead members of the family shared the gens and were bound by it.
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The Roman Family
The Roman Family
The father in the Roman family (paterfamilias) exercised absolute and lifelong power over all other family members (patria potestas): his wife- children- and slaves. If the father/' s father was al...
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The Roman Family
The father in the Roman family (paterfamilias) exercised absolute and lifelong power over all other family members (patria potestas): his wife- children- and slaves. If the father/' s father was al...
Race and Racism – Some Concepts Defined
Despite adamant claims to the contrary- racism continues to plague many peoples around the world. The first step toward resolving issues of racial intolerance and prejudice is to develop an understa...
Legitimate offspring belonged to the father/' s family. The father retained custody if the couple (rarely) divorced exclusively at the husband/' s initiative. The father had the right to disown a newborn - usually deformed boys or girls. This led to a severe shortage of women in Rome.
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The father of the bride had to pay a sizable dowry to the family of the groom- thus impoverishing the other members of the family. Moreover- daughters shared equally in the estate of a father who died without a will - thus transferring assets from their family of origin to their husband/' s family. No wonder females were decried as an economic liability.
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At the beginning- slaves were considered to be part of the family and were well-treated. They were allowed to save money (peculium) and to purchase their freedom. Freed slaves became full-fledged Roman citizens and usually stayed on with the family as hired help or paid laborers. Only much later- in the vast plantations amassed by wealthy Romans- were slaves abused and regarded as inanimate property.
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