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Roman Family or 'Familia'
The word family comes from the similar Latin word familia, but it meant a bit more than we do when we use the modern term.
The Ancient Roman Family
Although we translate the Latin word familia as family, the ancient Roman family "familia" was not the same as ours. For one, slaves were a part of it.
List of Roman Relationships
Latin names for the terms of Roman familial relationships, from John E. Sandys.
Pater familias
An explanation of the slightly different concept of family father contained in the concept of pater familias.
Gens
Gens is a Roman term for a unit of related people.
Roman Family
An overview of the Roman family particularly during the Roman Republic.