How did Roman Names Work?

Roman names were an extremely important aspect of Roman society. Not only did they identify individuals and families but they also celebrated achievements, legacies, and even shaped the future life of newly born children. The Roman naming convention is a very complicated topic. Roman names were a web of hereditary, earned, and given names that sometimes blur the line as to where they actually belong and how a person received it. So why were they so complicated? Why were they so important? And how did they even work? Let's talk about it. My Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gibbonpogs Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gibbonpog YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHBpZWLG-U3lVFpPsMDl8Q?sub_confirmation=1 All media displayed in this video is displayed with either permission from the copyright owner, fair use, or is creative commons. If I failed to give proper credit or you do not want your images displayed here, please contact me and I will give credit or immediately remove them at your request. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Music used in the video (in order): Divider by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Night Snow by Asher Fulero Glacier by Chris Haugen In 3 by Godmode The Tides by Somnolent Intelligentsia by Godmode Fortress Europe by Dan Bodan #Rome #RomanHistory #name #roman #ancient #ancienthistory #names #war #ancient #society #latin #documentary #history #IdiotTalksHistory Sources (if you want recommendations feel free to ask!): Mary Beard, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Tenney Frank, "Roman Census Statistics from 508 to 225 B.C.," American Journal of Philology 51 Benet Salway, "What's in a Name? A Survey of Roman Onomastic Practice from c. 700 B.C. to A.D. 700" Journal of Roman Studies Iiro Kajanto, The Latin Cognomina Urpo Kantola and Tuomo Nuorluoto, "Female tria nomina and social standing in late republican and early imperial periods" 0:00 - Intro and Naming History 4:08 - Praenomen 7:29 - Nomen and the Roman Family 13:12 - Cognomen 17:24 - Agnomen 20:01 - Summary 21:57 - Outro