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  2. Roman naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    Roman naming conventions. Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that used by other cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of a combination of personal and family names. Although conventionally referred to as the tria nomina, the ...

  3. List of Roman nomina - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Roman nomina. The nomen identified all free Roman citizens as members of individual gentes, originally families sharing a single nomen and claiming descent from a common ancestor. Over centuries, a gens could expand from a single family to a large clan, potentially including hundreds or even thousands of members.

  4. List of Roman cognomina - Wikipedia

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    List of Roman imperial victory titles; List of Roman nomina; List of Roman praenomina; Roman tribe; References This page was last edited on 14 September 2024, at 08: ...

  5. Category:Ancient Roman names - Wikipedia

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    Valeria (given name) Categories: Names by country. Culture of ancient Rome. Latin words and phrases. Prosopography of ancient Rome.

  6. Roman (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Roman is a masculine given name meaning from Rome, which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title " Roman ", (Romanus in Latin and Romanos in Greek) denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or belonging to or identifying with Roman (or Byzantine) culture. [1][2] It most likely evolved from Romulus, the ...

  7. Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    In the era of Augustus and thereafter, Roman women used more varied first names and sometimes even two first names. Naming practice became less rigid, as is evidenced among women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. While Augustus's wives were known by the name of their paternal gens (Claudia, Scribonia, and Livia) and Tiberius's wives were known by ...

  8. List of Roman gentes - Wikipedia

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    Roman gentes of Hernician origin. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Alba Longa. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Praeneste. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Tibur. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Tusculum. Roman gentes of Picentine origin. Roman gentes of Sabine origin. Roman gentes of Samnite origin.

  9. Praenomen - Wikipedia

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    Praenomen. The praenomen (Classical Latin: [prae̯ˈnoːmɛn]; plural: praenomina) was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the dies lustricus (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birth of a boy. The praenomen would then be formally conferred a ...