Ancient Rome FAQs
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WRITING
FAMILY
Roman names were a lot different back then. If you were a gens ( all individuals born or adopted into the same family) you would have a family name. All males has at least 2 names, the nomen (family name), and prenomen ( first name). Example: Caesar's real name was Gaius Julius Caesar and Augustus' was Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus.
Women did not have prenomens, just the family name. Gaius Julius Caesar had two daughters one named Fabia Major and one named Fabia Minor
CLOTHING - MEN'S AND BOYS'
CLOTHING - WOMEN'S AND GIRLS'
CITATIONS
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"Family." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome. Don Nardo. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 153-155. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
"The Nature of the Family." World Eras. Ed. John T. Kirby. Vol. 3: Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 324-325. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
"Children." World Eras. Ed. John T. Kirby. Vol. 3: Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 304-305. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
"Children." World Eras. Ed. John T. Kirby. Vol. 3: Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 304-305. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
Tortora, Phyllis. "Toga." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 329-331. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
McManus, Barbara F. "Roman Clothing, Part I." Roman Clothing, Part I. VROMA, Aug. 2003. Web. 14 Sept. 2015.