Lots of children died back in Roman times - of disease, or accident, or just because they didn't have enough to eat. Life was pretty tough then. Discipline for children was very firm in Roman ...

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 ...

In any Roman family life, the head of the household ... Only he decided the fate of his children and who they would marry. There were other traditions that all Romans shared.

In hard times, it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to raise money by selling their children into slavery. All slaves and their families were the property of their owners, who could ...