My apologies if I didn't help Lad. I hope you're doing well, but here are the answers that I've researched personally.
2A) The Forum in Rome had fallen into misery, after the fall of the Roman Empire.
2B) The text states that, being a father in a typical Roman family was powerful because they took control of limitless actions. For example, the right to hold marriage and divorce.
2C) The factors, such as the change of laws over time contributed to women having more views than just having less limits than men.
Yes, Leaving the mythology aside all the religions suggest that the Gods made humans if the humans become bad and do sins, God controls humans through droughts, plagues, diseases, floods, and natural disasters
