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		+	The system of Roman names was unique and distinctive in the ancient world. Starting from relatively simple beginnings, as time progressed, Roman names became longer and more conplex, including more information about the person named. A foreigner becoming a Roman citizen took a new Roman name as a mark of citizenship.[[Image:Names.jpg\|float\|right\|thumb\|400px\|Examples of Roman names from a monument in Newcastle]]
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		+	<onlyinclude>
		+	==''Tria Nomina''==
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		+	Most Roman names have three parts (''tria nomina''):
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		+	*a ''praenomen'' ("given name", plural ''praenomina''),
		+	*a ''nomen'' ("gens name", plural ''nomina''), and
		+	*a ''cognomen'' (plural ''cognomina'').
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		+	A few have no ''cognomen''. Sometimes a second ''cognomen'' (called an ''agnomen'') is added.
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		+	For ''female'' names, the convention is similar, with a few differences.
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		+	Additional elements such as '''agnomen''' and '''filiation''' are optional.
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		+	==Elements of a name==
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		+	===''Praenomen''===
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		+	(''[[RO:Praenomen\|Praenomen]]'', plural: ''praenomina'') This form of "first" name was relatively unimportant, and was rarely used on its own outside of the family. There are relatively few ''praenomina'' that were commonly used in the Republican era of Rome. Read [[RO:Praenomen\|more about ''praenomina'']].
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		+	===''Nomen''===
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		+	(''[[RO:Nomen\|Nomen]]'' plural: ''nomina'') The second name or ''nomen'' is the name of the ''[[gens]]'' (clan) in masculine form; the Latin word "''gens''" is feminine, so the name appears as feminine in our lists. Read [[RO:Nomen\|more about ''nomina'']].
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		+	===''Cognomen''===
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		+	(''[[RO:Cognomen\|Cognomen]]'', plural: ''cognomina'') The third name or ''cognomen'' started to be a nickname or personal name that distinguished individuals within the same ''gens'' (the ''cognomen'' does not appear in official documents until around 100 BCE). During the Roman Republic, the ''cognomen'' is inherited from father to son, serving to distinguish a family within a ''gens''. Often the ''cognomen'' was chosen based on some physical or personality trait. Read [[RO:Cognomen\|more about ''cognomina'']].
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		+	===Additional elements===
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		+	====Filiation====
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		+	Originally, the ''praenomen'' and ''nomen'' constituted a Roman's full name and were followed by the so-called filiation (a patronymic or indication of paternity). The filiation (''patronymicus'') consisted of the Latin word for "son," ''filius'' (abbreviated by the letter f.), preceded by the abbreviation of the father's ''praenomen'', which was understood in the genitive case. Hence, a Roman might have been known as
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		+	''M. Antonius M. f.'' (=''Marci filius''), that is, Marcus Antonius, the son of Marcus.
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		+	Additionally it could also indicate the grandfather with the word "grandson," ''nepos'' (abbreviated by the letter n.).
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		+	====Tribal affiliation====
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		+	{{RO:Tribe}} Read [[RO:Tribe\|more about tribes]].
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		+	==Examples==
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		+	'''Marcus Aurelius Marci f. Quinti n. tribu Galeria Antoninus Pius'''.
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		+	* ''praenomen'': Marcus
		+	* ''nomen'': Aurelius (he belongs to gens Aurelia, the Aurelii in plural)
		+	* ''patronymicus'': Marci f. (son of Marcus)
		+	* grandparent: Quinti n. (grandson of Quintus)
		+	* tribe: tribu Galeria (a tribe from the region of Caesaraugusta in Hispania)
		+	* ''cognomen'': Antoninus (family of the Antonini)
		+	* ''agnomen'': Pius (probably because of his piety...rarely inherited))
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		+	In everyday use, people are referred to by either a combination of the ''praenomen'' and ''nomen'', or even more usually by just their ''cognomen''.
		+	*"Marcus Livius Drusus" would either be just "Drusus" or "Marcus Livius."
		+	*"Iulia Marciana" would be just "Iulia." (See [[RO:using Roman names\|using Roman names]] for more on this topic.)
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		+	==References==
		+	<references/>

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