Social World of the Late Republic BY: BRENDEN AUERBACH, CAITLIN TRAVER, MORGAN RACLAWSKI, AND GABBY FRY The power of paterfamilias
❖ Families played a major role in Roman society.
❖ They ran empires and businesses.
❖ They were typically small in size due to most children not living past the age of ten.
❖ The father ran the family owning all of its members as property.
❖ The stem pater means father and familias was the family meaning: father's family.
❖ The father could disown, sell, or kill his children at any time.
❖ He also decided if a baby was allowed into a family or was exposed, and left on the streets to be raised by another family. Power of Paterfamilias (continued)
❖ The mother or Materfamilias (mother of the family) had no power.
❖ The sons could not get their own money until the father passed away.
❖ Family life was not always time spent with the family
❖ Most of the time children were cared for by a nurse.
❖ The father rarely spent time with his children.
❖ The children were still under the father's control until he died.
❖ His wife was considered to follow the same rules as a daughter. Womens Position in Roman Society
❑ Women were considered second to men
❑ Had little to no official rule in public life
❑ They could own property or business
❑ Had less rights when married
❑ Could work as merchants, wet nurses, midwives, scribes, and dancers
❑ Some women held power through their husbands or sons or could gain power through being wealthy
❑ Not allowed to vote
❑ Not allowed into political debate Famous Roman Women
❑ Octavia
❑ Role model to the women of Rome
❑ Was said to be smart, beautiful, and loyal
❑ Older sister of Octavin who became the first emperor of Rome
❑ Fulvia
❑ Married to three of the most powerful men in Rome including Mark Antony, Publius Clodius Pulcher, and Ciaus Scribonus Curio
❑ Gained power and control of gangs
❑ Helped Mark Antony raise troops to try and defeat Octavian
❑ Eventually defeated by Octavian Extra Facts About Roman Women
❑ Few women worked as priestesses to the goddess Vesta
❑ Not able to marry or have children
❑ Were called Vestal Virgins
❑ Job was to maintain the fire of Vesta
❑ The only women priests in the Roman Religious system
❑ Women were usually married around the age of 14 or 15
❑ Purpose of marriage was to produce children
❑ Not every women had a distinct name
❑ Ex. Julia is the women of the Julian family FAMILY VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=nC0ifv4fIJs The first great slave revolt
This took place between 73-71 BC
Gladiator Spartacus led an uprising of thousands of slaves
They were in central Italy
They formed an army that defeated several Roman legions
At one point threatened Rome itself The second great slave revolt
This took place in the middle of the second century BC
A major rebellion
Took place in Sicily
Lasted 5 years
It started with a Syrian slave named Eunus
Eunus got hundreds of abused and half-starved slaves
He told them the goddess Atargatis had ordered him to lead them out of slavery The third great slave revolt
This took place thirty years after Eunus' rebellion Took place in Sicily The leader of the rebellion was Salvius It started with only 80 rebels But in no time, he gathered 20,000 followers Soon after this, in another part of Sicily, a slave named Athenion, started a rebellion He claimed to be greatly skilled in astrology He made a few accurate predictions about the future His success gained him countless followers his decision to join forces with Salvius created a large-scale rebellion that the Romans could not ignore. Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Rome
Slaves were the backbone of the roman empire's economy and it was considered a need
Became so common that slaves became almost invisible and 1 in 5 people in the empire became slaves
Slaves were usually prisoners of war, children who were abandoned at a young age, taken from the losers in battle, traded, or children of other slaves
Slave markets were in large towns in public squares
People would take children that have been abandoned by their parents and bring them into slavery
If children made father angry, the father could sell them to slavery
People believed freedom was only possible if others were enslaved Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Rome (cont.)
Slave jobs
Worked in houses
Mines
Workshops
Military
Farms/agriculture
Construction
Transportation
education Slave Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0iNqclZ1Fk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXsvfDsF0v8 bibliography
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