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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 .
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.
Barons Byron (family of the poet Lord Byron) Charles Darwin's family; J.R.R. Tolkien's family; Keynes family; Lanier family; Astor family (U.K. peerage/U.S. politics) Barton/Hack family; Birley family; Dummer family; Robin Fox acting family; Inglis family; Pares family; Thwaites family (brewers) Veitch family (nurserymen)
Abronius Silo - latin poet [1] Abudius Ruso - aedile and legate [2] [3] Portrait of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa; Lucius Accius - tragic poet and literary scholar [4] [5] [6] Titus Accius - jurist and equestrian [7] Acerronia Polla - servant of Agrippina the Younger [8] Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus - consul [9] [10] Acilius Severus - consul and urban ...
[1] [2] As other ancient societies dated historical events according to the reigns of their kings, it became customary at Rome to date events by the names of the consuls in office when the events occurred, rather than (for instance) by counting the number of years since the foundation of the city, although that method could also be used. [2]
100–44 BC: Julia Minor died 51 BC: Marcus Atius Balbus 105–51 BC: Atia 85–43 BC: Gaius Octavius c. 100–59 BC: Augustus 63 BC–14 AD [1] r. 27 BC – 14 AD: Livia Drusilla 59 BC–29 AD: Tiberius Claudius Nero c. 80–33 BC [2] Octavia Minor c. 66–11 BC: Mark Antony triumvir 83–30 BC: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa 63–12 BC [3] Julia ...
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. ... Pages in category "Ancient Roman ...
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 ...