Chapter 4-6 review: Parents and Children

Explain how the funerary bust below illustrates gender roles in ancient Rome.

Discuss the role of the state in protecting children in today’s world and in the Roman world.

Explain to what extent the Roman father’s control of his child was absolute.

What took place on the diēs lūstricus? What is its modern equivalent?

Who did the Romans believe protected a young boy? A young girl?

Using the specific Latin terms, explain the naming customs of the Romans.

To what extent did a Roman child engage in activities similar to those of a modern child?

What two aspects of Roman education indicate that education was for the most part limited to the

well-to-do?

In what ways was Roman education geared towards public life?

What signified a Roman boy’s coming of age?

What signified a Roman girl’s coming of age?