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Birth registrations were also used to determine if a family had at least 3 children, and was therefore eligible for privileges under the lex Papia Poppaea. This law was designed to encourage families to procreate and increase birth rates. [9] Completing birth registrations in Roman society were not compulsory.
Hamilcar the Rhodian — possibly Carthaginian spy in the entourage of Alexander the Great, executed when returning to Carthage Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson to Hanno the Great (d. 309 BC) — commander in the Third Sicilian War, captured during the Siege of Syracuse and then killed in 309 BC
[3] [non-primary source needed] Names of this type could be honorific or aspirational, or might refer to deities, physical peculiarities, or circumstances of birth. [1] In this early period, the number of personal names must have been quite large; but with the development of additional names the number in widespread use dwindled. [ 1 ]
A woman kept her own family name after she married, though she might be identified in relation to her husband: the name Clodia Metelli, "Clodia [wife] of Metellus," preserves the birth name Clodia and adds her husband's name to specify which Clodia. Children usually took the father's name. In the Imperial period, however, children might ...
Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...
A naming law restricts the names that parents can legally give to their children, usually to protect the child from being given an offensive or embarrassing name. Many countries around the world have such laws, with most governing the meaning of the name, while some only govern the scripts in which it is written.
The distinguishing characteristic of a gens was the nomen gentilicium, or gentile name. Every member of a gens, whether by birth or adoption , bore this name. All nomina were based on other nouns, such as personal names , occupations, physical characteristics or behaviors, or locations.
A daughter kept her own birth-family name for life, and although children usually took the father's name, some might take their mother's family name as part of theirs. [17] In the early Empire, the legal standing of daughters differed little, if at all, from that of sons; either could inherit a share of the family estate if their father died ...