Week 1 Flashcards
Families/Names/Marriage
Families:
Paterfamilias
head of Roman family, who held patria protestas; always sui iuris (‘his own master’)
Families:
agnati
people who shared common lineage through males to a common ancestor
Families:
cognati
people who were related by blood, through males or females
Families:
adfines
people who were related by marriage only
Families:
patria potestas
power of paterfamilias over his descendants
aka patria aiestas, patirum ius, imperium paternum
Families:
dominica potestas
power of paterfamilias over his property and slaves
Families
manus
authority of paterfamilias over his wife
Families:
emancipatio
process by which sons of paterfamilias become heads of new houses
Families:
adrogatio
process of one paterfamilias adopting another paterfamilias
had to be approved by pontifices and comitia curiata
Names:
praenomen
first name
Limited number: Aulus (A), Decimus (D), Gaius (C), Gnaeus (CN), Kaeso (K), Lucius (L), Manius (M’), Marcus (M), Publius (P), Qtuintus (Q), Servius (SER), Sextus (SEX), Spurius (S), Tiberius (TI), Titus (T)
Names:
nomen
second name, family name
tells what gens (clan) to which a person belongs to
Names:
cognomen
third name, makrs branch of family, typically descriptive of some ancestor
Naso = the man with a nose, Capito = the man with a head; Cato = wise, Cincinnatus = curly-haired, Cicero = chickpea, Barbatus = bearded
Names:
agnomen
additional cognomina after the third name
sometimes: added after adoption or great achievement
Names:
Women’s names
commonly the feminine form of the father’s nomen
Marriage:
confarractio
mot traditional marriage ritual, practiced by patricians, 10 witnesses required
