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| Question | Answer |
| What is the Paterfamilias? | -The Paterfamilias was the head of the Roman family. -Oldest living male in the household. -Had complete control of all family members until he died. -Once Paterfamilias died the next oldest male would then have control. |
| What does Mos Maiorum mean? | -Roman Law and tradition, established the power of the Paterfamilias within the community of his extended family. - He held legal privilege over the property of the family and varying levels of authority over his dependents. |
| In ancient Rome, what set of laws gave the Paterfamilias his duties and authorities? | Twelve Tables |
| List the dependents of the Paterfamilias. | -His wife -His children -Certain other relatives through blood or adoption -His clients (men who di work for hum or helped him in other ways such as voting for him in elections) -His freedmen (Freed slaves) -His slaves |
| What were the duties of a Paterfamilias? | -To father and raise healthy children as future citizens of Rome. -To maintain the moral propriety (Respectability) and well-being oh his household. -To honour his clan and ancestral Gods -To dutifully participate - if possible - serve in Rome's political, religious and social life. |
| The Paterfamilias has a duty to ensure the good reputation and moral propriety of the family. What does that mean? | -Expected to be a good citizen. -Responsible for its well being, reputation and legal and moral propriety. |
| What was the entire family expected to do? | -The core principles and laws of Twelve tables, which was the ancient legalisation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. |
| What were the domestic responsibilities of the Paterfamilias? | -Priestly duties to his 'household gods' and ancestral Gods of his own clan. -Observance of common rites and public festivals, each family had its own unique internal religious calendar - marking the acceptance of infant children, coming of age, marriages, deaths and burials. All festivals were presided over by the Paterfamilias. |
| What happened to babies born disabled in ancient Rome? | The laws of the twelve tables required the Paterfamilias to ensure that 'obviously deformed' infants were put to death. However, the fact that disabled children survived (including the emperor Claudius) shows us that not all fathers wold make that decision. |
| What does Filli Familias mean? | Children of the family. |
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