Throughout the Republic, the wars, the politics, the economics and the social hierarchy significantly influenced the power and the wealth of a patrician Roman family. For instance, my family is constituted of me, my husband and my four children, three sons and one daughter. Just as in every marriage in manus, my husband has the full control over me and since he is the pater of my children, he has the full control over them. In fact, my husband has the absolute rule over the household, me and the children, boys and girls. If they disrespect or anger him, he has the legal right to sell them into slavery, or even kill them. The power accorded to men is an absolute power. Once I gave birth to a girl, she was my first child and I loved
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My husband loves me, I know that, yet one time he placed me in his ergastulum , prison at home, for a week because I was “disobedient”: I contradicted him in front of his friends and he felt humiliated, thus he punished me. Normally this place is reserved for slaves, yet this time it was me and I could do anything because I am simply a woman. Presently, we are in the middle of the third Punic War and my daughter is extremely stressed since her youngest son is presently fighting against the Phoenician colony of Carthage; however, my husband states that the war will end soon. I hope he is right. I hope that he will survive and receive some parts of the conquered lands. The end of the Punic war resulted in major social consequences such as the increase of slaves and the gain of power by certain women. My husband was right. After 3 years, the war was officially over we were in 146 BCE. In fact, first, women got power that is more individual! Do not get me wrong, not all women, but those who had dead relatives. My daughter unfortunately lost her son, yet she got his property because he died and officially had a bigger individual power. …show more content…
In fact, as the members of the Senate my husband with the others members could command and even order to kill someone. He does not only advise the consuls but also sent and received ambassadors on behalf of the city, appoint officials to govern provinces, declared war and negotiated peace, and appropriated funds for various projects such as public building construction. All those responsibilities contribute to significant power, as my husband in some ways is a prestigious leader that rules the city and acquires a lot of money, which gives him authority and power. Yet, sometimes senators did not agree on different subjects, such as the appointment of military, commanders and had to spend a lot of time debating on the issue. My husband says that is difficult to argue with all of them as everyone thinks that he is better than the other is. However, since my husband, during debates, always delivers good speeches and arguments the majority of the Senate supports him, his propositions are adopted, and his power increases. For instance, in 196 BCE in Etruria slaves revolted and the consul did not know what to do with them thus he asked for the Senate’s advice. Some Senators wanted to physically punish them for the revolt while my husband suggested execute them as a notion of deterrence for other slaves. They debated during two days as this topic
My husband loves me, I know that, yet one time he placed me in his ergastulum , prison at home, for a week because I was “disobedient”: I contradicted him in front of his friends and he felt humiliated, thus he punished me. Normally this place is reserved for slaves, yet this time it was me and I could do anything because I am simply a woman. Presently, we are in the middle of the third Punic War and my daughter is extremely stressed since her youngest son is presently fighting against the Phoenician colony of Carthage; however, my husband states that the war will end soon. I hope he is right. I hope that he will survive and receive some parts of the conquered lands. The end of the Punic war resulted in major social consequences such as the increase of slaves and the gain of power by certain women. My husband was right. After 3 years, the war was officially over we were in 146 BCE. In fact, first, women got power that is more individual! Do not get me wrong, not all women, but those who had dead relatives. My daughter unfortunately lost her son, yet she got his property because he died and officially had a bigger individual power. …show more content…
In fact, as the members of the Senate my husband with the others members could command and even order to kill someone. He does not only advise the consuls but also sent and received ambassadors on behalf of the city, appoint officials to govern provinces, declared war and negotiated peace, and appropriated funds for various projects such as public building construction. All those responsibilities contribute to significant power, as my husband in some ways is a prestigious leader that rules the city and acquires a lot of money, which gives him authority and power. Yet, sometimes senators did not agree on different subjects, such as the appointment of military, commanders and had to spend a lot of time debating on the issue. My husband says that is difficult to argue with all of them as everyone thinks that he is better than the other is. However, since my husband, during debates, always delivers good speeches and arguments the majority of the Senate supports him, his propositions are adopted, and his power increases. For instance, in 196 BCE in Etruria slaves revolted and the consul did not know what to do with them thus he asked for the Senate’s advice. Some Senators wanted to physically punish them for the revolt while my husband suggested execute them as a notion of deterrence for other slaves. They debated during two days as this topic