ESKİ ROMA AİLESİNDE “PATER FAMILIAS” ve “PATRIA POTESTAS” KAVRAMLARI

Abstract

The word familia meant to be a family in the broadest sense and it formed the basics of the Ancient Roman social life. Persons under the patria potestas were also seen in the familia. In the narrow sense patria potestas meant to be the power of a father or his sovereignty; and broadly it meant to be the dominance of the father over the all children, grandchildren and other family members including slaves. In order to be pater familias it was necessary to be a man who is also separated from patria potestas. Pater familias had the rights such as military service, elect and to be elected and marriage as a normal Roman citizen. The dominance of pater familias over the family members was certain. Reasons that end patria potestas were death, capitis deminutio and emancipatio. In the case of death patria potestas would end spontaneously. Capitis deminutio was the situation that the family leader pater familias was captured in a war or exiled. Thus it is impossible to have a patria potestas while being a prisoner or not having the qualification to dominate someone. Ifone of children in the family became a monk or a high-ordered person, this is a situation that would end patria potestas in terms of capitis deminutio. In Rome girls were also able to have religious education and become a monk. And in this case they could split from patria potestas too in the same way. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]