Warrior with a sword statue on the Vittorio Emanuel bridge (Rome Patria potestas, or “paternal power,” was one of the most prevalent traditions in ancient Rome. It greatly influenced the law of the time, as well asaffecting our laws today. The power of a father over his children was seen as the highest of the land, with the children unable to go against their father’s wishes. Social convention usually kept abuses of power from becoming too widespread, though it was still up to the father as to what he wanted to do, especially in regard to punishment. In addition, the father also had dominion over any of his grandchildren, or even his great-grandchildren. Although, in reality, many children were freed from patria potestas by the time they were in their mid-twenties, since the previous generation was normally dead already. One of the oldest traditions,patria potestas was said to have been granted by Romulus, and even gave a father control over his children’s possessions, which remained his until he died.
父權主義，或是“父權力量”，是古羅馬最普遍的一個傳統。它很大程度上影響了當時以及現在的法律制度。父親臨于孩子的權勢被看做是古羅馬最重要的部分，孩子們不能違背父親的意愿。社會慣例總是防止權力濫用，盡管它仍然取決于父親的意愿，特別是在懲罰這一方面。除此之外，父親在任何孫子甚至曾孫子面前，都有著絕對的統治權。然而，實際上，由于上一代的死亡，很多孩子在25歲左右就從父權主義中解放出來。作為一個最古老的傳統，父權主義在羅穆盧斯（羅馬神話中的一個形象）的故事中已被視為理所當然，甚至給了一個父親控制自己孩子財產的權利，直到父親死亡。
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