Male Roman citizens enjoyed certain rights in addition to those which were also enjoyed by female Roman citizens: Jussuffragiorum, the right to vote in the Roman assemblies, Jus honorum, the right to stand for public office, Jus militiae, was the right of serving in the army, Jus paterfamilias, the rights of the head of the household (who was a male). Moreover, none but the whole Roman people could pass sentence on the life of a Roman citizen. However, this sentence by the Roman people was determined by the vote of the Assembly of the Soldiers, which was exclusively male.
Rights enjoyed by both men and women were:
Public rights
Jus commercii: The right to make legal contracts and to hold property as a Roman citizen
Jus connubii: The right to have a lawful marriage with a Roman citizen.
Jus migrationis: The right to preserve full citizenship on relocation to a colony of Roman status. This did not apply on relocation to a colony of lesser legal status. Citizenship was reduced to Latin citizenship of one moved a Latin colony, which conferred less rights
Private rights
· The right to sue in the courts.
· The right to have a legal trial and to defend oneself in court.
· Citizens could appeal to the people against the actions taken by the officers of state (magistrates) and the person who appealed could not be punished, until the people determined the matter. This was chiefly secured with the assistance of the plebeian tribunes
· The right of liberty comprised not only liberty from the power of masters, but also from the dominion of tyrants, the severity of magistrates, the cruelty of creditors, and the insolence of more powerful citizens.
The Romans used tooth powders to clean and whiten teeth, strengthen the gums, fix loose teeth and as pain killers. They used a number of materials: bones, hoofs, and horns of some animals; crabs; egg-shells, and the shells of oysters and murex sea snails. They burned them and then ground them into a powder.
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