Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business affairs ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

Michael E. Yockel, former Baltimore City Paper editor and music critic, died Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 71.

Benjamin Stern, the paterfamilias, has been busy at not writing for a while. His wife, Dita, has decided that she identifies as Italian, and sua sponte, cooks Italian meals, peppers her ...

As the 83-year-old Sharad Pawar rattles sabres with his mercurial nephew, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, for ...

"Join Robert Hardman and Natasha Livingstone for an analysis of ""Paterfamilias"" Season 2 Episode 9 of The Crown. In this episode find out the truth of the circumstances that led to Prince ...

Among these was the power to commit infanticide. If a newborn was deemed healthy and supportable by the paterfamilias, it was initiated into the family with the proper rites. If not, it was ...

John Sugar is a stop and smell the flowers kind of guy. He puts it in so many words to Melanie, the ex-rock star who is his ...

Works by Colorado Springs sculptor Bill Burgess, who created "Continuum," also known as the Julie Penrose Fountain, in ...

Our critic saw Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong and others in London and New York to assess how they fare in three ...

It is a while since brains – or indeed most kinds of offal – have featured on the menus of fashionable restaurants on this side of the Channel. The entry on offal in the Oxford Companion to ...