Family life in Ancient Rome was VERY important. Families were the center of everything. The center of the family was the father. The father was the head of the family and he was in control of the daughters (till they got married), sons, and his wife. He wielded unlimtied power. The father was 'worshipped' by his family, and had the power of the families life and death. The father held the title "paterfamilias", which meant "family father". Family was so important to the Romans, they worshipped the goddess Vesta. Vesta is the goddess of hearth and home. Since she was the goddess of hearth and home, they never put out the fire. Mothers in Rome were also respected very much. The mothers were called "matrons", or "lady mothers".

In today's west civ class, I almost got my first detention at John Carroll. I was playing a game in class, so I deserved it. After that Laura and Arri got into a fight, and used up some class time. Mr. Schick settled it and then got on with class. We all got to 'grade' each others projects. It was pretty fun to do, and Mr. Schick called Annie a crackhead. The whole class after that we were all convinced Annie was a crackhead.

The movie that we are watching in west civ is about chlysthenese's life in ancient greece. He was the son of a rich man. In the movie they talk about his life and how he came to power in athens. He came to athens with the "athenian god athena" who was really a girl from a neighboring village. They suprisingly believed him and then he took power. Like many great rulers before him, they thought he would be a great ruler since he was under the supervision of a "goddess". One of chlysthenese's goals was to pass down power to his son.