Family and Familia in Roman Law and Life

by Jane F. Gardner

Ancient Roman families were very diverse, of course, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly defined group consisting of a head, called a paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, examining instead such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198152175
• ISBN13: 9780198152170
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.3"