1. The Roman Family

2. Sextus Cornelia Marcus Aurelia Cornelius

3.  Household everyone  Included everyone who lived in the house  Parents  Children  Other relatives  Slaves father  Controlled by father, or oldest male

4.  Paterfamilias = father of the family life or death  Legal power of life or death over members of his familia  All property belongs to him

5.  Runs the household daughters  Teaches daughters  Spins wool, weaves, does chores  Takes care of children obey  Must obey paterfamilias

6.  Valued more than girls  Carries on the family name school  Attends school  May go into:  Government  Politics  War

7.  Learns how to run the mother household from mother not  Does not attend school age 12  Could marry by age 12  Marriages often arranged

8. Familia Romana American Family