Pater familias/patria potestas in Ancient Rome (jan 1, 753 BC – jan 1, 480)

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Pater familias: father of the family/owner of the family estate
Patria potestas: power of a father

Also known as "Laws of Chastisement", reportedly allowed husbands to treat wives as property and discipline wives physically

https://freedomandcitizenship.columbia.edu/ipv-history#:~:text=The%20social%20acceptance%20of%20wife,%E2%80%9CThe%20Rule%20of%20Thumb.%E2%80%9D

https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/family.html

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