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Adoption in ancient Rome

Adoption in ancient Rome was primarily a legal procedure for transferring paternal power (potestas) to ensure succession in the male line within Roman patriarchal society. The Latin word adoptio refers broadly to "adoption", which was of two kinds: the transferral of potestas over a free person from one head of household to another; and adrogatio, when…

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Legal procedurePotestasInheritancePatriarchal societySui iuris
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adoption roman adopted could family potestas succession son became children inheritance adopt status adoptio adoptee legal paterfamilias father might heir

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perpetuating the value of the family estateinstance ofAdoptio was a longstanding part of Roman family law pertaining to paternal responsibilities0.80text
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divorce gave them greater latitude to restructure their families than was allowed in Christian Europeinstance ofand procedures0.80text
contubernium among slavesinstance ofalong with quasi-marital unions0.80text
monogamous concubinageinstance ofalong with quasi-marital unions0.80text

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