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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.
In the following list, "I" and "J" are treated as separate letters, as are "U" and "V". The letter "K" was rare in Latin, and the few nomina occasionally spelled with this letter were usually spelled with "C". No Roman gentes began with "X", and the letters "Y" and "Z" occurred only in names borrowed from Greek.
Thereby writers would seek connection to the ancient writers by taking up surnames or international pen names. We encounter names that follow naming conventions of those ancient languages, especially Latin and Greek, so the occasional Greek names for the same function are also included here.
This an alphabetical list of ancient Romans, including citizens of ancient Rome remembered in history. This list ...
This is a list of Roman cognomina ... Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome; Roman Republic; List of Roman imperial victory titles; List of Roman nomina;
These surnames were initially characteristic of patrician families, but over time cognomina were also acquired by the plebeians. However, a number of distinguished plebeian gentes, such as the Antonii and the Marii , were never divided into different branches, and in these families cognomina were the exception rather than the rule.
Pages in category "Greek-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 515 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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