Under him is his sons, his daughters,

地位仅次于他的是他的儿子女儿
and then at the bottom are his slaves, and here are his

地位最低的是他的奴隶们
freedmen, freed persons.

以及自由民
And then also you consider, in some ways,

你们可能想到了可以这么说
free people who may exist as clients.

自由民是作为被庇护者存在的
But legally the word client in Latin refers to

但罗马法律中client指的是
the freed slaves of apaterfamilias.

被家长所释放的奴隶
Now where's the wife in this picture?

这张图中妻子在哪
Notice, I didn't put the wife and the mother in there.

注意我没把妻子跟母亲放在这儿
Why is that?

为什么呢
Because legally she's actually not part of this man's household.

因为法律上她不属于这个男人的家族
She remains part of the household of her father,

她依旧从属于她父亲的家族