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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.
Some cognomina were derived from the circumstance of a person's adoption from one family into another, or were derived from foreign names, such as when a freedman received a Roman praenomen and nomen. Other cognomina commemorated important events associated with a person; a battle in which a man had fought (Regillensis), a town captured ; or a ...
A cognomen (Latin: [kɔŋˈnoːmɛn]; [1] pl.: cognomina; from co-"together with" and (g)nomen "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary.
By the Late Republic, a cognomen, the third of the tria nomina, becomes more important in distinguishing family branches of the main gens. The importance of the cognomen is reflected also in naming practice as it pertains to women, for example Cornelia Sulla, Pompeia Magna, Cornelia Metella.
For most Roman men, articles should be titled using the tria nomina of praenomen, nomen gentilicium, and cognomen, together with whatever additional surnames are usually included in published sources. WP:CONCISE does not require the shortest possible unique collocation of names. Exceptions should include the most famous Romans, who are ...
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Rufus (Roman cognomen) T. Tricostus; V. Vibulanus This page was last edited on 8 May 2022, at 13:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...