It was mentioned that this book by Francis Lyell puts the concept of Roman adoption perfectly, where an adoptee was taken from their previous state and placed into a new relationship with their new father, with all old debts instantly canceled.
And there's a guy here named Francis Lyell who wrote a book called Slave Citizens and Sons and he puts it perfectly well. He says, the profound truth of Roman adoption was that the adoptee was taken o...
— Episode: The Experience of Adoption
Episode: The Experience of Adoption
It was mentioned that this book by Francis Lyell puts the concept of Roman adoption perfectly, where an adoptee was taken from their previous state and placed into a new relationship with their new father, with all old debts instantly canceled.
And there's a guy here named Francis Lyell who wrote a book called Slave Citizens and Sons and he puts it perfectly well. He says, the profound truth of Roman adoption was that the adoptee was taken out of his previous state and placed in a new relationship of son to his new father. All his old debts were instantly canceled. And in effect, the adoptee started a new life as part of this new family.