Rome
In Rome, family was very important to them. The Roman community life was kind of seen as a family life on a larger scale. Father-hood was also very important to the Romans. The men were to devote their life to a family and a clan. Clans and families were held together by fathers - in particular by men who had the status of paterfamilias - also known as a "family father" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household. The Romans revered the power not only in family life but also in the community life of their city-state. One the the Republic's most important deities, besides those worshiped on the Capitol, was Vesta, the goddess of hearth and home. In every household the fire in the hearth was sacred to Vesta and was only put out if the family moved. Motherhood, too, was revered in Rome. A married woman bore the title of matron - "lady mother" title of honor given to a married woman in Rome. The ideal matron demanded from the men of her family
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