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| | Roman Nomenclature |
 | | In public, they would be identified by the possessive form of their father's cognomen (e.g., Julia Caesaris, Julia, the daughter of Caesar), or if married by the possessive form of their husband's cognomen (e.g., Clodia Metelli, Clodia, the wife of Metellus). |
 | | For example, the two daughters of Augustus' daughter Julia, who was married to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, would normally have been named Vipsania; instead one was called Julia and the other Agrippina. |
 | | When Agrippina married Nero Claudius Germanicus (grandson of Livia), her three daughters were named Agrippina, Drusilla, and Julia Livilla (referring to the family lines of both of their distinguished great-grandparents) instead of Claudia, which would refer to their father's nomen. |
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