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List of Roman cognomina. Roman gentes of Etruscan origin. 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.
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.
Patrician (ancient Rome) Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class. The patricians (from Latin: patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the Roman Kingdom and the early Republic, but its relevance waned ...
Ancient Roman family trees (1 C, 5 P) B. Family of Marcus Junius Brutus (1 C, 13 P) D. Roman imperial dynasties (12 C, 7 P) G. Roman gentes (3 C, 678 P) J.
Contents. Family in ancient Rome. The ancient Roman family was a complex social structure, based mainly on the nuclear family, but also included various combinations of other members, such as extended family members, household slaves, and freed slaves. Ancient Romans had different names to describe their concepts of family, such as, "familia ...
The emperors from the founding of the Dominate in 284, in the West until 476 and in the East until 518, can be organised into one large dynasty plus various unrelated emperors. During most of this periods, though not always, there where two senior emperors ruling in separate courts. This division became permanent after the death of Theodosius I ...
This is a list of the dynasties that ruled the Roman Empire and its two succeeding counterparts, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.Dynasties of states that had claimed legal succession from the Roman Empire are not included in this list.
Julia gens. Bust of Julius Caesar (44–30 BC), Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums. The gens Julia was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Gaius Julius Iulus in ...