TacoProject by Ryan

Role of Women

Ryan_Burnett — 2014-10-09 18:07:48 UTC

The role of women in roman society is

to take care of the house and the children.

Since there was no birth control the women were usually pregnant.

kyndall_arnold — 2014-10-09 18:12:13 UTC

Role of Children

Ryan_Burnett — 2014-10-09 18:14:56 UTC

Male children were raised in their father's footsteps and given some level of education. Female children followed their mother's .

Role of family

kyndall_arnold — 2014-10-10 16:14:59 UTC

Ancient Rome was a mans world and they controlled everything including if a baby lived or died.

The oldest male member of the family was called a paterfamilias.

Roman women usually married in their early teenage years, while men waited until they were in their mid-twenties.

After birth, the midwife placed babies on the ground: only if the paterfamilias picked it up was the baby formally accepted into the family

The Role of Children

Ryan_Burnett — 2014-10-10 17:45:12 UTC

The father would decide whether the child would be abandon to die and a boy child would be given 3 names., the first their actual name, second is their clan name and third is last name

the girl only had a first name and a last name