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Gens. In ancient Rome, a gens (/ ɡɛns / or / dʒɛnz /, Latin: [gẽːs]; pl.: gentes [ˈgɛnteːs]) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same nomen gentilicium and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was called a stirps (pl.: stirpes).
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in early Roman history. [1] [2] The distinguishing characteristic of a gens was the nomen gentilicium, or gentile name.
Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,298 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Valeria gens. Denarius of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, consul in 100 BC, and later magister equitum to the dictator Sulla. The gens Valeria was a patrician family at ancient Rome, prominent from the very beginning of the Republic to the latest period of the Empire. Publius Valerius Poplicola was one of the consuls in 509 BC, the year that saw the ...
It is unusual that so many in the Sorentine surroundings (and Naples) were already using the Gargiulo surname in 1600, since ordinary people in other parts of Europe had not yet started using surnames at this early time. However, Romans commonly did use 2 names, and even 3, which could help explain the early use of 2 and 3 names in southern Italy.
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 ...
The gens Fabia was one of the most ancient patrician families at ancient Rome. The gens played a prominent part in history soon after the establishment of the Republic , and three brothers were invested with seven successive consulships , from 485 to 479 BC, thereby cementing the high repute of the family. [ 1 ]