Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society, it was highly structured but also logical and, in some ways ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world. In politics, society and the family, men held both the power and the purse-strings – they even decided whether a baby would live or die. Families were dominated ...

Children in ancient Rome were subject to patria potestas, the absolute authority of their father gave the later unlimited rights. This gave the father extensive control over their lives, including ...