Why were Roman families so brutal with each other?

They weren't really that bad in the context of the time period. At least women could hold property and inherit.

>>2576970

Why do you ask single vague questions without elaborating more on what you're looking to discuss?

>>2576970
Power?

>>2577736
and historical immortality, I guess.

>>2576970
Do you mean people within families and how they treated their relatives, or how one family treated another family? What are you asking?

>>2576970
paganism