Gentile name
The gentile name ( Latin nomen gentile, nomen gentilicium, nomen gentilitium , German about "gender name, clan name ") is the second part of an ancient Etruscan and Roman name and designates the name of the gender association (the gens ) to which a name bearer belongs.
Important Roman gentile names
- Gens Aelia (e.g. Emperor Hadrian )
- Gens Aemilia (e.g. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus )
- Gens Antonia (e.g. Marcus Antonius )
- Gens Aurelia
- Gens Caecilia (e.g. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius )
- Calpurnia gene
- Gens Cassia (e.g. Gaius Cassius Longinus )
- Gens Claudia (e.g. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
- Gens Cornelia (e.g. Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus maior )
- Gene Domitia
- Gene Fabia
- Gens Fulvia (e.g. Marcus Fulvius Flaccus )
- Gens Furia (e.g. Marcus Furius Camillus )
- Gens Galeria
- Gens Iulia (e.g. Gaius Iulius Caesar )
- Gens Junia (e.g. Marcus Junius Brutus )
- Licinia gene (e.g. Marcus Licinius Crassus )
- Gens Livia (e.g. Marcus Livius Drusus )
- Gens Manlia
- Gens Messia
- Gens Octavia (e.g. Gaius Octavius )
- Gens Papiria
- Gens Pompeia (e.g. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus )
- Gens Porcia (e.g. Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius )
- Postumia gene
- Gens Quinctia (e.g. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus )
- Gens Sempronia (e.g. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus )
- Gens Sergia (e.g. Lucius Sergius Catilina )
- Gens Servilia
- Gens Sulpicia (e.g. Servius Sulpicius Galba )
- Gens Tullia (e.g. Marcus Tullius Cicero )
- Gens Valeria (e.g. Publius Valerius Poplicola )
See also
men and women
Men had a given name ( prenomen ) and often an epithet ( cognomen ) after the gentile name . Women are usually only referred to by their belonging to a family, for example "Cornelia" or "Claudia".