Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... The paterfamilias had absolute rule over his household and children. If they angered him, he had the legal right to disown his children, sell them into ...

Julia introduces a narrative episode about two children growing up in Ancient Rome. Felix and Augusta are brother and sister in a middle-class family. It is early morning and Felix is getting ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced ... it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to raise money by selling their children into slavery. All slaves and their ...

If you’re fed up of modern-day contraceptives, spare a thought for the ancient Romans ... not everyone in Roman society wanted a family, or wanted to limit the number of children they had ...