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Nevertheless, because most of the important individuals during the best-recorded periods of Roman history possessed all three names, the tria nomina remains the most familiar conception of the Roman name. [2] For a variety of reasons, the Roman nomenclature system broke down in the centuries following the collapse of imperial authority in the west.
Empresses bearing pagan names—e.g. Aelia Eudocia, formerly Athenaïs—were renamed to have more Christian names, sometimes for an earlier empress. A few empresses such as Theodora, wife of Justinian, were also allegedly renamed. Late Byzantine empresses bore Greek names since the principal language of the Byzantine Empire was not Latin but ...
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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.
Publius (Latin: [ˈpʊːbli.ʊs]), feminine Publia, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and was very common at all periods of Roman history. It gave rise to the patronymic gens Publilia, and perhaps also gens Publicia. The name was regularly abbreviated P. [1] [2] [3]
Exceptions should include the most famous Romans, who are frequently known by only part of their names, as above, and the Roman emperors, as below. Romans whose names were changed due to adoption should appear under their most familiar names. Under the Empire, many prominent individuals had long, "polyonymous" nomenclatures, frequently ...
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The nomen gentilicium (or simply nomen) was a hereditary name borne by the peoples of Roman Italy and later by the citizens of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It was originally the name of one's gens (family or clan) by patrilineal descent. However, as Rome expanded its frontiers and non-Roman peoples were progressively granted ...