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Slaves were a constant presence in a Roman family. A significant example were the wet nurses and pedagogues who cared for and raised the children. Upper class Roman families often included space for their slaves in the family burial site and in exchange the slaves ensured their master received proper burial rites when he died. [5]
The patricians (from Latin: patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the Roman Kingdom and the early Republic, but its relevance waned after the Conflict of the Orders (494 BC to 287 BC).
In Roman family law, the term "Patria potestas" (Latin: “power of a father”) refers to this concept. [3] He held legal privilege over the property of the familia , and varying levels of authority over his dependents: these included his wife and children , certain other relatives through blood or adoption, clients , freedmen and slaves.
[4] [5] A common type of social relation in ancient Rome was the clientela system that involved a patron and client(s) that performed services for one another and who were engaged in strong business-like relationships. Patricians were most often the patrons, and they would often have multiple plebeian clients. [2]
The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in early Roman history .
Families of Roman emperors (7 C) A. Ancient Roman family trees (1 C, 5 P) B. Family of Marcus Junius Brutus (1 C, 13 P) D. Roman imperial dynasties (12 C, 7 P) G.
This is a list of Roman nomina. The nomen identified all free Roman citizens as members of individual gentes, originally families sharing a single nomen and claiming descent from a common ancestor. Over centuries, a gens could expand from a single family to a large clan, potentially including hundreds or even thousands of members.
Ancient Roman families (9 C, 4 P) L. Family law in ancient Rome (7 P) M. Marriage, unions and partnerships in ancient Rome (1 C, 2 P) P. Prosopography of ancient Rome ...