Gregory had been born into a wealthy noble Roman family with close connections to the church.
She was a daughter of a distinguished Spanish Roman senatorial family.
This is a serious attempt to reconstruct that conflict through portrayal of a Roman family caught up in the clash.
Roman families therefore typically restricted their families to three children.
Marcian was a member of several Roman imperial families.
Both groups looked towards the great Roman families for support.
He grew up in a Roman catholic family.
The early Roman family was called a gens or "clan".
The dowry was also how Roman families maintained their social status relative to each other.
What was life like for a Roman family?
