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Brings together what historians, anthropologists, and philologists have learned about the family in ancient Rome. Among the topics: family relations and the law
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Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his
Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative.
Augustus and the Family at the Birth of the Roman Empire
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In this lively and detailed study, Beth Severy examines the relationship between the emergence of the Roman Empire and the status and role of this family in Rom
A Casebook on Roman Family Law
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