HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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mother.
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emperor.
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paterfamilias.
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Senate.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the “paterfamilias, ‘’ or “father of the family.” He looked after the family’s business affairs and property and could perform religious rites on their behalf. The paterfamilias had absolute rule over his household and children.
Detailed explanation-2: -The pater familias was the oldest living male in a household, and could legally exercise autocratic authority over his extended family. The term is Latin for “father of the family” or the “owner of the family estate".
Detailed explanation-3: -A man would become a paterfamilias by being the oldest living male of the Roman family. The paterfamilias also had to be a Roman citizen to be considered a paterfamilias.
Detailed explanation-4: -Farnese. Borghese. Colonna. Orsini. Della Rovere. Doria-Pamphilj. Barberini. Chigi.