In Roman Times, the familial structure was based on the leadership and responsibility of the head of a man called “pater familia” . Society was based mostly on a class system, one where there were the wealthy and then there were the impoverished, usually unemployed or underemployed. In this brief description and comparison, a resemblance to modern times will be displayed in both the family and in society in Colombia, showing obvious ties to the Roman tradition. A family was considered to be a whole group of people. There was the slaves and servants, and there were the immediate family members and close relatives that all lived together. The father of the family,' or the pater familias, was usually the oldest male in the household, and officially and legally had all the responsibilities for the family, including but not limited to buying and selling slaves, arranging marriages, and determining work duties.
Even though this was the mon , women often had control over many of the family issues, and despite Roman law limiting the powers of women, the families were often set up and the rules not necessarily enforced to allow women to own property and supervise the affairs of family commerce. The development of the Roman Empire brought new wealth, and classes developed of merchants, contractors, bankers, and various other occupations. In most cases, this new' class rivaled the old wealth for prominence. On the other hand, there were many urban poor in Rome and other Roman cities. This new urban poor class rioted often, many were recruited into military servitude, and it caused a new problem for the leadership of the empire who really had no precedence in dealing with them. Imperial authority used what was called "bread and circuses," subsidizing food and giving them entertainment to keep them happy. Today, we see much of the same thing in both family and society. Even though modern Western Civilization does not have the laws giving only males authority in family positions, we still live in a male dominated society. Families still seem to have a head of household' mentality, even though often times the women/mothers have most of the actual familial duties and garners considerable influence. There is still a class system, even governmental tax laws establish lower, medium, and upper incomes. The "Upper Class" or the higher income families have power, while the "Lower Class" or low income families are more dependant upon assistance by the government and charitable organizations, if only because upper class can usually afford to spend more. Our government still has welfare, paying for food, just like the Romans paid for grain for their urban poor. This shows the ties and similarities in brief between Roman family and society and modern, westernized family and society. Since much of our culture, religion, and legal ideology are derived from the Roman Empire, it is simple to see why it is this way today.[1]
From this test and looking the way that the family was structure in the ancient Rome we can say that the control of the family was in the head of the father, this man has the faculty of organized the family life the way he wanted, for example he could sold his kids to other families, or he has the capacity of adopting kids form other families, or it used to exist a civil figure in which the father could adopt the entire family of other “pater familia”, this figure was called “adrogation”, a consist in a type of business in which one father that didn’t has kids adopt other father, but this adoption also includes his family, this was in order to preserve the traditions and the second name of the first father.
If we talk about roman family it is also very important to talk about the way they organized the names structure, the names of Roman citizens are quite simple to remember. The majority of the Roman citizens didn't have many or beautiful names, only the noblest and richest families have the pleasure of having a lot of names or, they were the only ones that could elect their names. To begin, most male citizens had two names, a family name (nomen gentile) and a personal name or first name (nomen personale). Thus, the majority of Roman males were called f.e. Gaius Marius: Gaius is the first name, Marius is the family name. For Romans family names were very important because was a tool to identify the social classes an the importance of the person at the society. the Roman name system is basically quite simple, it gets more complicated in its structure with the development of Rome into a more complicated society, where family and political power go hand in hand.
[1] http://www.helium.com/items/118196-roman-times-familial-structure.
Even though this was the mon , women often had control over many of the family issues, and despite Roman law limiting the powers of women, the families were often set up and the rules not necessarily enforced to allow women to own property and supervise the affairs of family commerce. The development of the Roman Empire brought new wealth, and classes developed of merchants, contractors, bankers, and various other occupations. In most cases, this new' class rivaled the old wealth for prominence. On the other hand, there were many urban poor in Rome and other Roman cities. This new urban poor class rioted often, many were recruited into military servitude, and it caused a new problem for the leadership of the empire who really had no precedence in dealing with them. Imperial authority used what was called "bread and circuses," subsidizing food and giving them entertainment to keep them happy. Today, we see much of the same thing in both family and society. Even though modern Western Civilization does not have the laws giving only males authority in family positions, we still live in a male dominated society. Families still seem to have a head of household' mentality, even though often times the women/mothers have most of the actual familial duties and garners considerable influence. There is still a class system, even governmental tax laws establish lower, medium, and upper incomes. The "Upper Class" or the higher income families have power, while the "Lower Class" or low income families are more dependant upon assistance by the government and charitable organizations, if only because upper class can usually afford to spend more. Our government still has welfare, paying for food, just like the Romans paid for grain for their urban poor. This shows the ties and similarities in brief between Roman family and society and modern, westernized family and society. Since much of our culture, religion, and legal ideology are derived from the Roman Empire, it is simple to see why it is this way today.[1]
From this test and looking the way that the family was structure in the ancient Rome we can say that the control of the family was in the head of the father, this man has the faculty of organized the family life the way he wanted, for example he could sold his kids to other families, or he has the capacity of adopting kids form other families, or it used to exist a civil figure in which the father could adopt the entire family of other “pater familia”, this figure was called “adrogation”, a consist in a type of business in which one father that didn’t has kids adopt other father, but this adoption also includes his family, this was in order to preserve the traditions and the second name of the first father.
If we talk about roman family it is also very important to talk about the way they organized the names structure, the names of Roman citizens are quite simple to remember. The majority of the Roman citizens didn't have many or beautiful names, only the noblest and richest families have the pleasure of having a lot of names or, they were the only ones that could elect their names. To begin, most male citizens had two names, a family name (nomen gentile) and a personal name or first name (nomen personale). Thus, the majority of Roman males were called f.e. Gaius Marius: Gaius is the first name, Marius is the family name. For Romans family names were very important because was a tool to identify the social classes an the importance of the person at the society. the Roman name system is basically quite simple, it gets more complicated in its structure with the development of Rome into a more complicated society, where family and political power go hand in hand.
[1] http://www.helium.com/items/118196-roman-times-familial-structure.
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