chapter 6 Flashcards
paterfamilias
-male head of the house
-has legal rights over his descendants and property of the household
-legally independent
materfamilias
-used for a married woman but does not imply legal rights
patriapotestas
-power of the paterfamilias
-extends over descendants, wife (if manus), slaves
-controls all finances and property
-under patriapotestas can’t sign legal agreements
-power of life and death
exposure
-abandoning a newborn to die or be taken by others
-law of 374 CE forbids exposure
after paterfamilias dies
-children become sui juris “in their own right”
-adult dons become paterfamilias themselves
-all females and pre-adult dons have a legal guardian (tutor)
sui juris or sui iuris
“in their own right”
-when a paterfamilias dies sons and daughters are not controlled by fathers anymore
familia
household
-people under the potestas of the paterfamilias
includes:
-descendants of paterfamilias
-slaves
-property
-not often the wife
-often refers to slaves
domus
members of the household
-immediate family plus relatives, slaves, other household members
-the physical house too
conubium
legal ability to marry a roman citizen
to make a valid roman marriage:
-intent
-conubium
-age: 12 for girls, and 14 for boys
-not too closely related
intent
-ceremony
-witnesses
-dowry
-cohabitation
manus
= hand
-the power of a husband over a wife
manus times
manus was more common is early republic
-2nd century BC and later, more common to marry without manus
dowry
wife’s contribution to the marriage and children
-passes to children after death
expectations for marriage
-legitimate children
-concordia
concordia
harmony, getting along
Augustan marriage legislation
18 BC and 9 CE
-wants people to be married and have citizen children
-preference in public office given to men with children
ius liberorum
right of children
-after a woman had 3 children she is sui iuris WITHOUT a guardian
-freed woman must have 4 children to get this privilege (loses obligations of operae- patron service)
divorce
-initiated by husband or wife
-ending intent is enough
-no social stigma
-dowry must be returned
-children stay with father
adultery
a wife’s crime
-wife must be faithful
-forfeit dowry
-man commits adultery by seducing married woman (slaves and concubines are acceptable)
julian laws on adultery (augustus)
Adultery is a crime
• Have to prosecute
• Penalties for lenient husband
• Rewards for informers
• Father can kill daughter if he catches her
• Must kill daughter too if he kills the lover
domus
the roman house -public and invitation only parts
•Suited to patron-client system
• Invitation as a way to show status
•Public/private refers to invitation
atrium house
-women were not segregated
-slaves may work anywhere
-usually no slave quarters
fauces
front door right on street, narrow entrance
tablinum
home office, faces into atrium
lararium
household shrine
-lares are household gods
-in atrium and kitchens
peristyle
courtyard with columns around it
-inspired by greek houses
-roman’s start using them in 2nd century BC
Triclinium
dining room
-recline to dine
-men and women done together
klinai
couches
cubiculum
bedroom
-needs invitation
tabernae
shops at the front of the house
-no door way to main house
atrium
let’s in air and light
