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The Household (Familia)

A Roman familia included the father, the mother, the children, and the enslaved people of the house. The paterfamilias was the head of that household.

Grades 3–8. Daily life.

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The English word family is narrower than the Latin one.

Latin words that go with this card: pater, mater, filius.

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