Wednesday, March 17, 2010

And their descendants were called 'patricians'

Excerpt from Livy's The Early History of Rome [1.9]
Having now adequate numbers, Romulus proceeded to temper strength with policy and turned his attention to social organization.  He created a hundred senators--fixing that number either because it was enough for his purpose, or because there were no more than a hundred who were in a position to be made 'Fathers', as they were called, or Heads of Clans.  The title of 'fathers' (patres) undoubtedly was derived from their rank, and their descendants were called 'patricians'. 

Posted via email from Jim's Theory Blog Posts

No comments:

Post a Comment