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What is meaning of 4 letter abbreviations in Roman names like Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Sabinus?
I am reading about Titus Flavius Sabinus (consul AD 47) and cannot find meaning of T. f. T. n. in his full name as written in Wikipedia, "Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Sabinus."
All I have found is a ...
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Why did Constantius Chlorus decide to become a Flavius?
I have noticed that virtually all Roman emperors after Constantine were called Flavius Something. A quick lookup in wikipedia confirms this and even more:
During the later period of the Empire, the ...
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Confusion re the naming of Roman freedman
I have just been reading this which is admittedly very old, and there is a statement which has me totally confused.
... the master might disregard the regular form and give the freedman any name ...
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What happened to all the notable Roman families?
What happened to the numerous (patrician) families of Rome?
Like the Gens Julia for example.
There are no ancestors today leading back to them like for example the famous Medici family from ...
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