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	Roman naming convention
		When applying for citizenship, only the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen are mandatory, while additional elements such as agnomen and filiation are optional.
		In the beginning, 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 (patronimicus) 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.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/no/Nomen.html (976 words)

	Behind the Name: Praenomen
		The praenomen (plural praenomina) was the ancient Roman given name.
		In Roman documents the praenomen was often abbreviated to one or two letters.
		There were relatively few praenomina in common use.
	www.behindthename.com /glossary/view.php?title=praenomen (43 words)

	The First Thousand Years of British Names: Part 1
		This meant that the praenomen was fairly useless for the purpose of distinguising one individual from the next.
		When a non-Roman was granted citizenship, he would normally pick a praenomen at will, use the nomen of the person to whom he owed his citizenship (frequently a local governor or general), and keep his original native name as a cognomen.
		Traditionally, the pattern was for a woman to bear a feminine inflection of her father's nomen, or rarely praenomen.
	www.s-gabriel.org /names/tangwystyl/british1000/part1.html (2156 words)

	Choosing a praenomen - NovaRoma
		Your praenomen is a personal name which distinguishes you from other members of your family.
		You will not normally be called by your praenomen on its own: normally only close relatives or very close friends call each other by their praenomen alone.
		If you have some good reason to want a rare praenomen, please choose "Other" in the "Praenomen" menu (on the application form), and use the "comments, questions, and suggestions" box to explain why you want a rare praenomen.
	novaroma.org /vici/index.php?title=Choosing_a_praenomen&printable=yes (252 words)

	Egyptian Journey 2003: Travelogue
		The praenomen was usually a reference to some religious belief, and often invoked a god or gods in the name.
		It is only written in a cartouche when the person becomes a king, and is then usually preceded by 'The Son of Re' to emphasize the fact that the king was a god on earth.
		In most cases, the praenomen and nomen were used to identify the pharaoh.
	www.phouka.com /pharaoh/egypt/info/titulary.html (855 words)

	The Roman Army
		The full legal name was expanded to include the name of the father after the Nomen, written as the initial of the father’s Praenomen followed by the letter “f” for filius, son.
		His use of it as a praenomen probably conveyed the idea that he was a kind of super general, that winning great victories was a personal quality.
		This renewal of the praenomen IMP quickly evolved into one of the primary tiles of power and became the source of our word emperor.
	www.garyb.0catch.com /coins/coins.html (7113 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 801 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		It is moreover a feature peculiar to the Saoines that a person sometimes, instead of a praenomen and a nomen gentilicium, had two nomina gentilicia, one indicating the gens of his father and the other that of his mother.
		Thus much is certain, that the Sabines at all times had two names, one a real praenomen, or a nomen gentilicium serving as a praenomen, and the second a real riomen gentilicium, derived from the gens of the father.
		Many Sabines also appear to have had a cognomen, besides their praenomen and nomen gentilicium ; but wherever this occurs, the praenomen is generally omitted, e.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0808.html (1065 words)

	Roman Names
		The adopted child kept the nomen of the true father (with the suffix –ianus) as an agnomen and changed his praenomen nomen and cognomen to those of the adopter.
		Oftentimes the nomen was followed by a cognomen with a suffix –illa or –ina: Livia Drusilla, the second wiffe of Augustus, was a daughter of M. Livius Drusus Claudianus; Valeria Messalina, the first wife of Claudius, was a daughter of Valerius Messalla.
		Chidren could receive the praenomen of the father as well as praenomina from the mother`s side of the family, nomina and cognomina of the father and the mother were written down one after another, sometimes without any order whatsoever.
	www.romanistik.uni-mainz.de /ifr/onomastik/roman_names.htm (2387 words)

	Genealogy: Ancillary fields: surnames.
		The praenomen, the first of the three, was the personal name (our equivalent to John, Paul, Peter) and was given on the dies lustricus (this ceremony took place on the ninth day after birth when the child was solemnly purified); the custom was to abbreviate the praenomen i.e., Q.
		In formal and official styles freeborn Roman citizens had five components to their names, with some parts usually abbreviated to the initial letter: 1st praenomen, 2nd nomen (or genticulum), 3rd indication of father's name, 4th the indication of the voting tribe (tribu), and 5th the cognomen.
		That is the praenomen M(arcus) ; the nomen (family name) Tullius; the indication of father's name M(arci) f(ilius); the voting tribe Cor(nelia tribu) ; and the cognomen, Cicero.
	www.petergh.f2s.com /surnames.htm (651 words)

	David R Sear: Glossary Of Frequently Encountered Terms In Roman Coin Descriptions
		Cognomen one of the three principal elements of a Roman name (praenomen, nomen, cognomen) it indicated the family name of the individual (e.g.
		The pileus was also symbolic of freedom, as it was given to former slaves who had been granted their freedom, hence its use as a symbol of Libertas.
		Praenomen one of the three principal elements of a Roman name (praenomen, nomen, cognomen) it indicated the personal name of the individual within his family (e.g.
	www.davidrsear.com /academy/roman_glossary.html (3646 words)

	Roman Name Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		These two parts of the person's name are taken from the praenomen and cognomen of the person who freed the person.
		Foreign names like Ganymedes and praenomen and nomen that match an emperor can be used to find families that were descended from freedmen.
		This is another case where the filiation reflects the Roman belief that a slave did not have an existence that was independent of his or her master.
	www.umich.edu /~classics/programs/class/cc/372/sibyl/tutorial/names (359 words)

	Roman History Lecture 3
		In Latin they are called the praenomen, nomen and cognomen: e.g.
		Marcus is the praenomen or personal name, the equivalent of our first name, e.g.
		The Roman name identifies a person as an individual (praenomen), as a member of a family (cognomen) and as the member of a clan (nomen).
	www.pitt.edu /~possanza/RHL3.html (778 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 803 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		If a person by adoption passed from one gens into another, he assumed the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen of his adoptive father, and added to these the name of his former gens, with the termination anus.
		Thus when Augustus adopted the two sons of Agrippa, he gave to the one the praenomen Caius, and to the other the praenomen Lucius.
		If a slave was restored to freedom, he received the praenomen and nomen gentiliciimi of his former master, and to these was added the name which he had had as a slave.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0810.html (937 words)

	A Simple Guide to Classical Roman Naming Practices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		The first part was the praenomen (literally "fore-name"), which corresponds well to the later notion of a given name, except that there was only a very small, fixed set of possible praenomina.
		However, by the later time of the republic and the early imperial period, women appear to have dropped the praenomen and used only the feminine version of the nomen, as well as an ad hoc cognomen, usually referring to birth-order in some fashion.
		However, under the classical naming system, women at this time did not have praenomina (although traces of feminine equivalents of some of the masculine ones can be found) and daughters were all named with the same feminine version of the family nomen.
	www.ellipsis.cx /~liana/names/other/sg-roman.html (454 words)

	Roman Nomenclature
		Slaves set free by Romans (“freedmen”, “liberti”) themselves normally became Roman citizens: they would take the praenomen and gentilicum of their former owner (“patron”), and keep their old personal name as cognomen: freedmen who belonged to a woman take her father’s praenomen and gentilicum.
		Some cognomina are patently non-Latin and reveal that the person was himself a form of foreigner or slave or a descendant of one: but such people could also, instead of transliterating their old names, adopt a Latin translation, which does not reveal their origin so clearly.
		In the case of freedmen, whose natural fathers were slaves, the filiation was replaced by a reference to the patron in the form of the patron’s praenomen followed by “L.” or “lib” (= freedman): e.g.
	www.angelfire.com /art/archictecture/Nomenclature.htm (875 words)

	Britannia EBK Articles: What's in a Name? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		Of the 20 or so male praenomens, only a dozen were in common use.
		When written, a praenomen was often abbreviated, e.g.: L. Lucius, Q. = Quintus, M. = Marcus.
		Common praenomens used with the nomen Aurelius include: Marcus (M.), Quintus (Q.), Julius (J.), Lucius (L.), Titus (T.) Perhaps Ambrosius the Elders' full name was something like: M. Aurelius Ambrosius.
	www.britannia.com /history/ebk/articles/wotname.html (545 words)

	Tokens vs. types (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		In the analysis of a name phrase the use of either the word type or the word token might correspond to a name string, any logical part of the string, or the actual spelling of the name piece.
		The second occurrence of the name may be considered a type of the first occurrence, where the name refers at some particular time.
		The idea of name category (praenomen oblique case form — praenomen citation form — praenomen) grouping is to generalize on the concept of a single name piece.
	userpages.burgoyne.com /bdespain/angs/angsa41.htm (414 words)

	Behind the Name: Ancient Roman Names
		Roman praenomen, or given name, which was probably derived from the name of the Roman god MARS...
		This was both a Roman praenomen and a cognomen which meant "third" in Latin.
		Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin titulus "title of honour"...
	www.behindthename.com /nmc/rom-anci.php (1115 words)

	Glossary
		(nepos) preceded by the abbreviation of the praenomen of the father in the genitive.
		This eventually evolved into the tria nomina whereby Roman patricians and equestrians had 3 basic parts to their names: a praenomen, a nomen genticulum (or Gens name) and a cognomen (surname to distinguish a family branch) which were typically written in that order.
		A former slave usually adopted the praenomen - especially with a favourite - and nomen of his or her former master while retaining his or her slave name as a cognomen.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /temetfutue/glossary/glossaryN.htm (4929 words)

	Roman Names
		In the case of multiple male sons, the Praenomen might show the birth order i.e.
		A Roman man was not called by his Praenomen except by those closest to him, i.e.
		The cognomen was what set you apart from all those close relatives that shared your Praenomen and Nomen.
	www.6royces.com /rome/names.htm (1150 words)

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		Quintus (Q.) is his praenomen, he was a member of the Fabii, of the subdivision of the Maximi (Maximus is a cognomen), and Verrucosus is a name unique to this Fabius Maximus (because of a wart on his upper lip).
		A woman, on the other hand, had no praenomen and her nomen was the feminine form of her father's nomen gentilicium (e.g.
		It means, "Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Gaius Julius [Caesar]'s adoptive son, Gaius Julius [Caesar]'s adoptive grandson, born of the gens Octavia." We know of the adoption because of the "-ianus" ending on Octavianus, denoting that he was born to the Octavii (Gaius Octavius, in fact).
	www.ghg.net /shetler/rome/rulers/tria.html (823 words)

	Republican Roman Names
		A boy was given a praenomen name at birth and was known by it to his family and close friends.
		However, there were only about 15 praenomen in common usage among Roman families and only two or three of these might be used by a particular family.
		As you may have noticed, all the truly Roman praenomen and nomen ended in the letters us, even the ones often given different endings in modern translations.
	romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com /l_rrr.htm (1203 words)

	NAMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		Varro a scholar of the late republican time put the number of traditional praenomen at thirty, and new names could appear, Sulla gave his son the name Faustus which meant fortunate.
		A man would take the name of the new father while keeping the old family name with a slite changed instead of the normal -ius ending it was replaced by the -ianus ending.
		With limited praenomen, a cognomen was needed to distingush one indervidual or family from another within a clan.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/6311/names.html (434 words)

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		The two most important were the praenomen and the nomen.
		At the beginning of his reign, his nomen was Tutankhaten, "Living Image of the Aten." After the second year of his reign, he changed his nomen to Tutankhamen, "Living Image of Amen." The praenomen, or throne name, is that name used to refer to the king as Pharaoh.
		Tutankhamen's praenomen was Nebkheperure, "The lordly manifestation of Re."
	hierographics.org /index_m.htm (492 words)

	Legion XXIV - Glossary - P
		Frequently was a retired Primus Pilus or other Senior Centurion serving during or after his term of Veteran Service.
		PRAENOMEN - The first name element in the three part "Tria Nomina" naming convention used by citizens of Rome.
		The Praenomen was frequently the same as the father's.
	www.legionxxiv.org /glossaryP (929 words)

	Roman Personal Nomenclature
		Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, the son of L. Aemilius Paullus; Scipio Aemilianus was born an Aemilius.
		Some families were so large (and so often favored the same praenomen) that most men in the family soon acquired nicknames in order to be distinguished from each other, for example, the Metelli, many of whom [or at least many of those encountered in a history textbook] were named Q. Caecilius Metellus.
		Women did not have a special praenomen and were called by the feminine form of their father's gens name.
	www.uvm.edu /~bsaylor/rome/nomenclature.html (353 words)

	Roman Names
		Praenomen: the first name of a person e.g.
		He was given the agnomen Africanus in honour of his victories in Africa during the Second Punic War against Hannibal and the Carthaginians.
		The praenomen (of a man) was often abbreviated and there were standard forms
	web.ukonline.co.uk /caractacus.bears/html/roman_names.html (152 words)

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		What praenomen was abbreviated with the letter C? GAIUS (p.
		He gave his first son his own praenomen (as was the convention).
		He named the 2nd and 3rd sons Gnaeus and Lucius, to easily distinguish them (note the these are the only 3 praenomina that the Scipiones used).
	www.speakeasy.org /~bwduncan/cqd502.txt (2099 words)

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		This praenomen, regularly abbreviated in official documents, was followed by the nomen, which was the clan name.
		The clan (gens) was a group of families linked together by a common name and their belief in a common ancestor.
		In the case of a freedman, the word lib(ertus) = 'freedman' was preceded by the praenomen of the patron, who had freed him: e.g., C. lib.
	www.kchanson.com /PTJ/abbr.html (316 words)

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