Who was the paterfamilias in early rome?

a.
a boy's father

b.
a boy's grandfather

c.
the oldest living male in a family

d.
descendants of the family

The answer is: C. the oldest living male in a family

The oldest living male in the household is granted with a lot of privileges by the roman empire. He had the legal power to control all the actions made by the women and children in the house and the only person in the family that has the possibilities of being involved in the Roman government.

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in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.