3.2 ROMAN HOME + FAMILY Flashcards
Who was the paterfamilias
Oldest living male in the household
Power of being a paterfamilias
- legal power
- inspect newborn - unwanted or illegitimate would order abandonment
Responsabilites of Paterfamilias
- Oversee education of children
- Arranged suitable marriage for daughters
- Led religous worship at household shrines
How would a client benefit from a patron
Be given money to run errands or buisness oppourtunites
How would patrons benefit from having clients
Accompany to baths, vote and bribe others to vote for the patron
Whose client would freedemen become
Their ex-masters
Where would schooling take place
In the streets or back of shops
When does school start
Very early in the morning - often as soon as it was light
How were students graded
No exams - teachers didn’t need qualifications
Who would accompany children to school
Slaves
Age of litterator stage
7-11
Age of grammaticus stage
12-16
Age of rhetor stage
17+
Subjects at litterator stage
Reading, writing basic arithmetic
Teaching method at litterator stage
Copied out sentences on wax tablets with stilus
Subjects at grammaticus stage
Music, astronomy, philosophy, LEARNT GREEK, and comment on use of grammar and speech
Teaching at grammaticus stage
Papyrus and ink - recite passages by heart
Subjects at rhetor stage
Public speaking, debate events of history and literature, analyse legal cases as defense or prosecution
Reasons for hosting a dinner party
- Promote and confirm social status
- Entertain
- Make new buisness and social contracts
- Arrange potential marriage
What may happen before a dinner party
Guests and hosts attend the baths
How would guests dine at a dinner party
- Recline liying on left elbow
- High, middle and low couch and seats
- Face entrance
Served as appetisers at a dinner party
Eggs, olives, salads
Mulsum at dinner party
Wine sweetened with honey
Main course at dinner party
Selection of meats or fish with vegetables and sauces
Desserts at dinner parties
Fruit, nuts or simple sweet cakes
What would be served throughout the dinner party to show off wealth
Good quality white and red wine
Typical forms of entertainment at a dinner party
- Extended sessions of wine drinking
- Dancers, acrobats and clowns
- Games with dice, like backgammon
- Discussion of literature or philosophy
