Houses and Family Flashcards
Who were considered family?
- All members of the household (domus), including wife, children, adopted children, grandchildren, slaves and guardians
What does “Paterfamilias” mean?
- Father of the Family
Roman society was a _______
- Patriarchy
What does “Pater Potestas” mean? What was the duty of a Paper Potestas? What was Manus and Dominium?
- “Paternal Power”
- Authority and right of life or death over children, adopted children and slaves
- Arranged marriages (political)
- Children: Sell into slavery, - - Manus: power over wife and sons’ wives
- Dominium: power over possessions of the familia
What does “Pater Potestas” mean? What was the duty of a Paper Potestas? What was Manus and Dominium?
- “Paternal Power”
- Authority and right of life or death over children, adopted children and slaves
- Arranged marriages (political)
- Children: Sell into slavery, - - Manus: power over wife and sons’ wives
- Dominium: power over possessions of the familia
What were the naming classifications?
- Praenomen
- Nomen
- Cognomen
- Agnomen?
What is Tria Nomina? and what was Praenomen, Nomen, Cognomen and Agnomen?
- 3 names, both personal and hereditary
- Praenomen: Personal/home name
- Nomen: Family name
- Cognomen: Branch of Family
- Agnomen: Earned Nickname
How were slaves named?
- Slaves usuallu had only one name
- Usually took former owner’s praenomen and nomen (own name used as cognomen)
What were some problems in a Roman household (domus)?
- Dangers of childbirth early deaths of wives
- Divorce
- Adoption
What were “Insulaes”? and who lived in them? and what apartment was cheaper and why
- Apartment buildings for the poor
- Upper floors were cheaper due to fire hazards
What were “Domus” and who lived in them?
- They were Private Townhouses for the rich
- The entire family lived in the Domus
