HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Most Roman women were not allowed to own property
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Most Roman women were involved in public life
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Only upper-class boys learned to read and write
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The father had absolute power in the family
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Detailed explanation-1: -Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire, a rule that lasted less than one year before he was famously assassinated by political rivals in 44 B.C.
Detailed explanation-2: -The king possessed absolute power over the people; no one could rule over him. The Senate was a weak oligarchy, capable of exercising only minor administrative powers, so that Rome was ruled by its king who was in effect an absolute monarch.
Detailed explanation-3: -In times of crisis, the consuls could choose a dictator-a leader with absolute power-to rule in their place for a limited time. Around 460 B.C., a man named Cincinnatus (SIHN•suh•NAT•uhs) was made dictator to defend Rome from attack.
Detailed explanation-4: -The basic units of Roman society were households and families. Households included the head (usually the father) of the household, pater families (father of the family), his wife, children, and other relatives. In the upper classes, slaves and servants were also part of the household.