Around 25 percent of babies in the first century AD did not survive their first year and up to half of all children would die before the age of 10. As a result, the Roman state gave legal rewards ...

He alone could own property. Only he decided the fate of his children and who they would marry. There were other traditions that all Romans shared. Whatever their individual circumstances ...

Life for women in Roman times was often hard. Women ran the home, cooking and raising the children. In wealthy families, enslaved people often did this work. Discipline for children was very firm ...