CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Pater Familias, Adoption In Ancient Rome, Cognomen
4 Dec 2017
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Familia: does not mean family, means household, familia means all of the members of the household who fell under the authority of the head of the household, crucially this means that it included slaves. Paterfamilias: head of the household, patria potestas the s ubs ta ntia l powe r tha t the paterfamilias held over his family, in theory, included power of life or death over children. Patria potestas: mitigating factors: who can think of some factors, which might have mitigated the power of. Roman fathers over their sons: traditions, rome"s legal system, father"s love for their sons, death. Ancestors: successes and accomplishments of ancestors reflected well upon current members of the family, romans wanted to live up to their ancestors" accomplishments. Ancestor masks: depicted the faces of important ancestors, individualized, not generic, taken out at important events, like weddings and funerals.
