Ancient Roman Family Life Crossword

1. The power of the father in a Roman family.
2. This gender was very important in Roman families and would expand the family and its name.
5. The most important thing to Romans!
7. To get something that was passed on to you in the family, also something a Roman woman under the empire could do, other than own some property and get a small paid job.
8. The father in a roman family, the lead head and oldest living male in the house.
11. An area of land. Paterfamilias owned all of this in the family.
12. An older human, Roman's were very nice to them and respected their experience in life. The Paterfamilias in the family would punish their child if they were rude to them.
14. The larger group each family was part of.

1. Many marriages in rich families were based on this.
3. Roman children were put outside by the midwife after they were born, if the father did not pick it up and accept it, the baby may have been adopted by another family or become a ______.
4. The mother in a Roman family.
6. Slaves that had earned or bought their freedom, they are also still part of the family.
9. The often number of members in the emperor's family.
10. Raising a child or animal that is not your own or does not have anyone in the family's blood. Romans would often do this, they would even adopt adults to be part of the family!
13. To be forced to move to another country, Paterfamilias could do this to their own family members if he wanted to because he was the boss.