Strict parenting in Roman times

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Augustus was willing to banish his own daughter:

Lex Iulia de Maritandis Ordinibus (18 BC): Limiting marriage across social class boundaries (and thus seen as an indirect foundation of concubinage, later regulated by Justinian, see also below).
Lex Iulia de Adulteriis Coercendis (17 BC): This law punished adultery with banishment.[1] The two guilty parties were sent to different islands (“dummodo in diversas insulas relegentur”), and part of their property was confiscated.[1] Fathers were permitted to kill daughters and their partners in adultery. Husbands could kill the partners under certain circumstances and were required to divorce adulterous wives. Augustus himself was obliged to invoke the law against his own daughter, Julia (relegated to the island of Pandateria) and against her eldest daughter (Julia the Younger). Tacitus adds the reproach that Augustus was stricter for his own relatives than the law actually required (Annals III 24)
Lex Papia Poppaea (9 AD): (to encourage and strengthen marriage) is usually seen as an integral part of Augustus’ Julian Laws. The Lex Papia Poppaea also explicitly promoted offspring (within lawful marriage), thus also discriminating against celibacy.
Lex Iulia de vicesima hereditatum (5 AD): (on inheritance tax) instituted a 5 percent tax on testamentary inheritances, exempting close relatives.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Julia#Moral_legislation_of_Augustus_.2818.E2.80.9317_BC.29
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