femurlies Flashcards
1
Q
head of Roman family, who held patria potestas; always sui iuris (‘his own master’)
A
paterfamilias
2
Q
people who shared common lineage through males to a common ancestor
A
agnati
3
Q
people who were related by blood, through males or females
A
cognati
4
Q
people who were related by marriage only
A
adfines
5
Q
power of paterfamilias over his descendants (aka patria maiestas, patrium ius, imperium paternum)
A
patria potestas
6
Q
power of paterfamilias over his property and slaves
A
dominica potestas
7
Q
authority of paterfamilias over his wife
A
manus
8
Q
process by which sons of paterfamilias become heads of new houses
A
emancipatio
9
Q
process of one paterfamilias adopting another paterfamilias (had to be approved by pontifices and comitia curiata)
A
adrogatio
