Brings together what historians, anthropologists, and philologists have learned about the family in ancient Rome. Among the topics: family relations and the law

This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative.

Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his

This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.

These essays on various aspects of family life in ancient Rome offer an especially timely and provocative new characterization of how this most elementary compo