Specific classical sources and historical analyses document the evolution and eventual legal limitation of the Roman paternal power regarding family members. Legal historical studies show that the absolute right of the paterfamilias underwent substantial statutory and institutional changes over time.
The claim specifically asks whether classical sources document the legal abolition or restriction of the Roman paternal right to execute family members. Retrieved papers 1 and 3 specifically discuss patria potestas and its historical evolution, confirming that the absolute scope of these paternal rights underwent legal limitation over time in Roman law. No papers refute this proposition.