8 (1897), pp. It comes from the Latin word Hora meaning hour or time.



"unceasing."

A slave belonging to Marcus was “Marcus’s boy.” (That usage of “boy” remained a disrespectful tradition in the American South after the Civil War officially ended slavery in 1865.) It comes from the Latin word Cassius meaning empty.



Freedmen’s Names Derived from the Latin word ‘hilaris’, it means cheerful. For example, Ogulnius was generally a plebian gens, but it did produce a consul.



















A woman’s name during the early empire didn’t often change, even when she married. ", ANGERONIA: It comes from the Latin word ‘caesaries’ that implies hairy.





Praenomen (personal given name)

One of the proud bearers of the name was the founder of the Roman Republic, Lucius Junius Brutus.



For example, a boy named Diegis might be enslaved when Trajan’s forces conquered Dacia in AD 106. This is an ancient Roman name for boys that means ‘A hammer’ or ‘Young warrior’.







google_ad_width = 728; It was the name of the popular Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus.





The ultimate A-Z Roman names list, complete with name meanings, origins and background info for all Roman baby names. In the lex Iulius municipalis of 45 BC, the precise way that a man was registered as a Roman citizen was defined: nomen + praenomen + (name of father or former master) + tribe + cognomen.

When he was first purchased, he might be renamed Dacius (Latin for “something from Dacia”―emphasis on “thing,” for that’s what slaves were considered). It comes from the Latin word Maximus that means great.




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In essence, a freed slave became a member of the former owner’s extended family.





meaning "venerable. ambrosia is the name of a food or drink of the gods that gives them
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