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Roman Life - Families

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head of Roman family, who held patria patestas; always sui iuris ('his own master')
paterfamilias
people who shared common lineage through males to a common ancestor
agnati
people who were related by blood, through males or females
cognati
people who were related by marriage only
adfines
power of paterfamilias over his descendants
patria potestas/patria maiestas/patrium ius/imperium paternum
power of paterfamilias over his property and slaves
dominica potestas
authority of paterfamilias over his wife
manus
process by which sons of paterfamilias become heads of new houses
emancipatio
process of one paterfamilias adopting another paterfamilias (had to be approved by pontifices and comitia curiata)
adrogatio
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