Ancient Roman Family Life

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Across
  1. 2. The paterfamilias was able to issue any ___ to any family member who disobeyed him.
  2. 4. Babies would only be ___ into the family if the father picked the baby up from the ground.
  3. 6. Women in Ancient Rome had ___ say in who they married.
  4. 7. What the power of the father was called.
  5. 10. Parents would sometimes sell their children into ___ if they could not afford to feed them.
  6. 13. What the mother of the family was called.
  7. 14. Boys were especially ___ because they would carry on the family name.
Down
  1. 1. The most oldest and powerful Ancient Roman families.
  2. 3. Paterfamilias were ___ for the actions of the members of his family.
  3. 4. Sometimes, an adult male would be ___ into the family if there was no heir.
  4. 5. What the oldest male of the family was called.
  5. 8. All of the people in the household.
  6. 9. A large group that shared the same ancestor.
  7. 11. ___ was fairly common in Ancient Roman marriages.
  8. 12. The paterfamilias was able to put any of his family members to ___ in early Rome.