ROMAN FATHERS
Here is a view of family that was contemporary with that of early Christianity: “I am the paterfamilias, the absolute head of this household. My very word is law. My actions are not actionable. Whatever I choose to do and say within the bounds of this household, I can do and I can say. No law of the Senate and People of Rome stands between me and my absolute authority over my household, my family. For Rome has structured her laws to ensure that the Roman family is above the law of all save the paterfamilias.” — Gaius Julius Caesar to his daughter Julia From The First Man in Rome, by Colleen McCullough, pg. 219
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