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 ...

Roman worship was divided into the public and ... At home, the paterfamilias – head of the family – performed religious rituals for the household. Beyond the home, gods were worshipped by ...

Patrician families made up ... that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to be property.