For the purpose of this list, I have included cognomina, adoptive cognomina, and agnomina under the collective term of "surnames."

This index, as also my Roman Surnames series, is a work in progress. Surnames will continue to be added to this index with each addition of a gens to my series.

Acidinus: Surnames of the Manlii

Acisculus: Surnames of the Valerii

Aemilianus: Surnames of the Cornelii, Surnames of the Fabii, Surnames of the Livii

Aeserninus: Surnames of the Claudii

Africanus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Agelastus: Surnames of the Licinii

Ahala: Surnames of the Servilii

Albinus: Surnames of the Junii

Albus: Surnames of the Fabii

Allobrogicus: Surnames of the Fabii

Ambustus: Surnames of the Fabii

Antias: Surnames of the Valerii

Arquetius: Surnames of the Claudii

Arquitius: Surnames of the Claudii

Arvina: Surnames of the Cornelii

Asellio: Surnames of the Sempronii

Asellus: Surnames of the Claudii

Asiagenus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Asiaticus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Asina: Surnames of the Cornelii

Atratinus: Surnames of the Sempronii

Atticus: Surnames of the Manlii

Augur: Surnames of the Cornelii

Augustus: Surnames of the Julii

Axilla: Surnames of the Servilii

Balbus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Barbatus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Barbula: Surnames of the Aemilii

Blaesus: Surnames of the Sempronii

Blasio: Surnames of the Cornelii

Brocchus: Surnames of the Servilii

Brutus: Surnames of the Junii, Surnames of the Servilii

Bubulcus: Surnames of the Junii

Buca: Surnames of the Aemilii

Bucco: Surnames of the Licinii

Bursio: Surnames of the Julii

Buteo: Surnames of the Fabii

Caecus: Surnames of the Claudii

Caepio: Surnames of the Servilii

Caesar: Surnames of the Julii

Callaecus: Surnames of the Junii

Callaicus: Surnames of the Junii

Calussa: Surnames of the Cornelii

Calvus: Surnames of the Cornelii, Surnames of the Licinii

Canina: Surnames of the Claudii

Capitolinus: Surnames of the Manlii

Casca: Surnames of the Servilii

Cato: Surnames of the Porcii, Surnames of the Valerii

Catullus: Surnames of the Valerii

Caudex: Surnames of the Claudii

Caudinus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Censorius: Surnames of the Porcii

Centho: Surnames of the Claudii

Cento: Surnames of the Claudii

Centumalus: Surnames of the Claudii

Cethegus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Cicero: Surnames of the Claudii

Cincinnatus: Surnames of the Manlii

Cinna: Surnames of the Cornelii

Claudianus: Surnames of the Livii

Clineas: Surnames of the Claudii

Clodianus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Corculum: Surnames of the Cornelii

Corvinus: Surnames of the Valerii

Corvus: Surnames of the Valerii

Cossus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Crassinus: Surnames of the Claudii

Crassus: Surnames of the Claudii, Surnames of the Licinii

Crus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Cruscellio: Surnames of the Cornelii

Cunctator: Surnames of the Fabii

Damasippus: Surnames of the Junii, Surnames of the Licinii

Demetrias: Surnames of the Julii

Denter: Surnames of the Livii

Dives: Surnames of the Licinii

Dolabella: Surnames of the Cornelii

Dorso: Surnames of the Fabii

Dorsuo: Surnames of the Fabii

Drusus: Surnames of the Claudii, Surnames of the Livii

Eburnus: Surnames of the Fabii

Esquilinus: Surnames of the Licinii

Falco: Surnames of the Valerii

Falto: Surnames of the Valerii

Felix: Surnames of the Cornelii

Fidenas: Surnames of the Servilii

Flaccus: Surnames of the Valerii

Flamen: Surnames of the Claudii

Fulvianus: Surnames of the Manlii

Gaetulicus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Gallaecus: Surnames of the Junii

Gallus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Geminus: Surnames of the Servilii

Geta: Surnames of the Licinii

Getha: Surnames of the Licinii

Glaber: Surnames of the Claudii

Glaucia: Surnames of the Servilii

Glicia: Surnames of the Claudii

Globulus: Surnames of the Servilii

Glycias: Surnames of the Claudii

Gracchanus: Surnames of the Junii

Gracchus: Surnames of the Sempronii

Gurges: Surnames of the Fabii

Hadrianus: Surnames of the Fabii

Helenus: Surnames of the Julii

Hispallus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Hispaniensis: Surnames of the Fabii

Hispanus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Hortator: Surnames of the Claudii

Imbrex: Surnames of the Licinii

Imperiosus: Surnames of the Manlii

Inregillensis: Surnames of the Claudii

Isauricus: Surnames of the Servilii

Iullus: Surnames of the Julii

Iulus: Surnames of the Julii

Iuncus: Surnames of the Junii

Iunianus: Surnames of the Licinii

Jullus: Surnames of the Julii

Julus: Surnames of the Julii

Juncus: Surnames of the Junii

Junianus: Surnames of the Licinii

Labeo: Surnames of the Fabii

Lactuca: Surnames of the Valerii

Lactucinus: Surnames of the Valerii

Laeca: Surnames of the Porcii

Laevinus: Surnames of the Valerii

Lentinus: Surnames of the Manlii

Lentulus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Lepidus: Surnames of the Aemilii, Surnames of the Claudii

Libo: Surnames of the Julii, Surnames of the Livii

Licinianus: Surnames of the Porcii

Licinus: Surnames of the Fabii, Surnames of the Porcii

Livianus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Longus: Surnames of the Sempronii

Longus: Surnames of the Manlii, Surnames of the Servilii

Lucullus: Surnames of the Licinii

Lupus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Macatus: Surnames of the Livii

Macedonicus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Macer: Surnames of the Licinii

Maluginensis: Surnames of the Cornelii

Mamercinus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Mamercus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Mamilianus: Surnames of the Livii

Mammula: Surnames of the Cornelii

Mancinus: Surnames of the Manlii

Manlianus: Surnames of the Junii

Marcellinus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Marcellus: Surnames of the Claudii

Maximus: Surnames of the Fabii, Surnames of the Valerii

Mento: Surnames of the Julii

Merenda: Surnames of the Cornelii

Merula: Surnames of the Cornelii

Messala: Surnames of the Valerii

Mocilla: Surnames of the Julii

Mucianus: Surnames of the Licinii

Murena: Surnames of the Licinii

Musca: Surnames of the Sempronii

Nasica: Surnames of the Cornelii

Nero: Surnames of the Claudii

Nerva: Surnames of the Licinii

Niger: Surnames of the Cornelii, Surnames of the Valerii

Norbanus: Surnames of the Junii

Numida: Surnames of the Aemilii

Ocella: Surnames of the Livii

Octavianus: Surnames of the Julii

Orca: Surnames of the Valerii

Ovicula: Surnames of the Fabii

Paciacus: Surnames of the Junii

Paciaecus: Surnames of the Junii

Papus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Paullus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Paulus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Pennus: Surnames of the Junii

Pera: Surnames of the Junii

Pictor: Surnames of the Fabii

Pitio: Surnames of the Sempronii

Pollio: Surnames of the Licinii

Ponticus: Surnames of the Licinii

Poplicola: Surnames of the Valerii

Porcina: Surnames of the Aemilii

Potitus: Surnames of the Valerii

Praeconinus: Surnames of the Valerii

Priscus: Surnames of the Manlii, Surnames of the Porcii, Surnames of the Servilii

Privernas: Surnames of the Aemilii

Procillus: Surnames of the Valerii

Publicola: Surnames of the Valerii

Pulcher: Surnames of the Claudii

Pulex: Surnames of the Servilii

Pullus: Surnames of the Junii

Regillensis: Surnames of the Claudii

Regillus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Rufinus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Rufus: Surnames of the Cornelii, Surnames of the Sempronii, Surnames of the Valerii

Rullianus: Surnames of the Fabii

Rullus: Surnames of the Fabii, Surnames of the Servilii

Russus: Surnames of the Claudii

Rutilus: Surnames of the Cornelii, Surnames of the Sempronii

Sabinus: Surnames of the Claudii

Sacerdos: Surnames of the Licinii

Salinator: Surnames of the Julii, Surnames of the Livii

Salonianus: Surnames of the Porcii

Salutio: Surnames of the Cornelii

Salvitto: Surnames of the Cornelii

Sanga: Surnames of the Fabii

Sapiens: Surnames of the Porcii

Scaeva: Surnames of the Junii

Scapula: Surnames of the Cornelii

Scaurus: Surnames of the Aemilii

Scipio: Surnames of the Cornelii

Senator: Surnames of the Fabii

Serapio: Surnames of the Cornelii

Sergianus: Surnames of the Manlii

Servilianus: Surnames of the Fabii

Sibylla: Surnames of the Cornelii

Silanus: Surnames of the Junii

Sisenna: Surnames of the Cornelii

Sophus: Surnames of the Sempronii

Soranus: Surnames of the Valerii

Spinther: Surnames of the Cornelii

Stolo: Surnames of the Licinii

Strabo: Surnames of the Julii, Surnames of the Licinii

Structus: Surnames of the Servilii

Sulla: Surnames of the Cornelii

Sura: Surnames of the Cornelii

Sylla: Surnames of the Cornelii

Tappo: Surnames of the Valerii

Tegula: Surnames of the Licinii

Torquatus: Surnames of the Manlii

Triarius: Surnames of the Valerii

Tucca: Surnames of the Servilii

Tuditanus: Surnames of the Sempronii

Unimanus: Surnames of the Claudii

Uritinus: Surnames of the Cornelii

Uticensis: Surnames of the Porcii

Varus: Surnames of the Licinii

Vatia: Surnames of the Servilii

Vergilianus: Surnames of the Fabii

Verrucosus: Surnames of the Fabii

Vestalis: Surnames of the Claudii

Vibulanus: Surnames of the Fabii

Virgilianus: Surnames of the Fabii

Volso: Surnames of the Manlii

Volusus: Surnames of the Valerii

Vopiscus: Surnames of the Julii

Vulso: Surnames of the Manlii

-- Nephele

The following list contains the gentes of magistrates listed in volumes I and II of Broughton's The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (509 BCE to 31 BCE), including consuls, praetors, aediles, tribunes, quaestors, etc.

262 gentes are represented here, listed from 1st place to 41st place, in descending order of rank. Gentes that contributed equal numbers of magistrates share the same ranking. Gentes that contributed only one magistrate, during the years covered, have not been included on this list.

The first number appearing before a gens is the ranking of that gens on the list. The second number represents the number of members from that gens who are listed in Broughton's as having been magistrates during the covered years of the Republic.

Notes on names: While Norbana isn't strictly the name of a gens, I've included it on this list because members of this family tended to use Norbanus as their nomen gentilicium anyway. Those Norbani listed in Broughton's had appended the cognomina of Balbus and Flaccus to their name, thus further indicating that Norbanus, while not originally a nomen gentilicium, nevertheless developed into one through usage as such. Claudia and Clodia have been combined, as these are variations of the same name. Likewise with Caelia/Coelia, Plautia/Plotia, and Quinctia/Quintia. In each instance where spelling variations of the same name have been combined, I've included in parentheses the number of magistrates listed in Broughton's originally assigned to each name.

One may ask: "What is the value of such a list?" Well, besides giving me something amusing to do this weekend, this list may not only serve to illustrate which gentes may have been the most influential during the time of Rome's Republic, but also indicate the degree of each gens' influence in comparison with other gentes.

1 185 Cornelia

2 92 Claudia (81) / Clodia (11)

3 78 Valeria

4 72 Fabia

5 64 Licinia

5 64 Servilia

6 62 Manlia

7 56 Aemilia

8 53 Junia

9 52 Papiria

9 52 Sempronia

10 50 Furia

10 50 Marcia

10 50 Postumia

11 47 Caecilia

12 43 Sulpicia

13 39 Julia

13 39 Minucia

14 36 Quinctia (34) / Quintia (2)

15 35 Atilia

16 34 Calpurnia

16 34 Fulvia

17 30 Plautia (27) / Plotia (3)

18 29 Pompeia

19 28 Octavia

20 27 Aurelia

21 26 Pomponia

22 24 Cassia

22 24 Porcia

22 24 Terentia

23 23 Annia

23 23 Popillia

24 22 Aelia

24 22 Appuleia

25 20 Antistia

25 20 Lucretia

26 19 Fonteia

26 19 Oppia

26 19 Coelia (10) / Caelia (9)

27 18 Baebia

27 18 Domitia

27 18 Hostilia

27 18 Memmia

27 18 Verginia

28 17 Acilia

28 17 Genucia

29 16 Antonia

29 16 Aquillia

29 16 Livia

29 16 Sergia

29 16 Titia

29 16 Veturia

30 13 Publicia

30 13 Titinia

31 12 Mucia

31 12 Pinaria

31 12 Rutilia

31 12 Scribonia

32 11 Aebutia

32 11 Fannia

32 11 Flavia

32 11 Maria

32 11 Plaetoria

32 11 Sextilia

33 10 Attia

33 10 Decia

33 10 Juventia

33 10 Maenia

33 10 Mamilia

33 10 Nautia

33 10 Opimia

33 10 Publilia

33 10 Quinctilia

33 10 Sicinia

33 10 Tullia

33 10 Vibia

34 9 Aufidia

34 9 Cloelia

34 9 Cosconia

34 9 Curtia

34 9 Herennia

34 9 Horatia

34 9 Lucilia

34 9 Lutatia

34 9 Manilia

34 9 Menenia

34 9 Sextia

35 8 Atinia

35 8 Carvilia

35 8 Duillia

35 8 Flaminia

35 8 Hortensia

35 8 Mummia

35 8 Nonia

35 8 Rubria

35 8 Volumnia

36 7 Considia

36 7 Decimia

36 7 Gabinia

36 7 Lollia

36 7 Poetelia

36 7 Silia

36 7 Trebonia

36 7 Villia

37 6 Caninia

37 6 Curia

37 6 Didia

37 6 Fundania

37 6 Gegania

37 6 Icilia

37 6 Laetoria

37 6 Mallia

37 6 Munatia

37 6 Otacilia

37 6 Papia

37 6 Peducaea

37 6 Perperna

37 6 Pupia

37 6 Sestia

37 6 Tremellia

38 5 Anicia

38 5 Ateia

38 5 Caedicia

38 5 Canuleia

38 5 Cluvia

38 5 Curiatia

38 5 Egnatia

38 5 Fabricia

38 5 Laelia

38 5 Matiena

38 5 Naevia

38 5 Ogulnia

38 5 Petillia

38 5 Roscia

38 5 Voconia

38 5 Volcatia

39 4 Aburia

39 4 Allia

39 4 Antia

39 4 Apustia

39 4 Aurunculeia

39 4 Calidia

39 4 Cincia

39 4 Cominia

39 4 Cornificia

39 4 Gallia

39 4 Gellia

39 4 Helvia

39 4 Magia

39 4 Metilia

39 4 Numitoria

39 4 Petronia

39 4 Sentia

39 4 Septimia

40 3 Afrania

40 3 Albinia

40 3 Arria

40 3 Asellia

40 3 Asinia

40 3 Aulia

40 3 Autronia

40 3 Caesetia

40 3 Catia

40 3 Cestia

40 3 Cocceia

40 3 Coponia

40 3 Coruncania

40 3 Crepereia

40 3 Decidia

40 3 Fufia

40 3 Gratidia

40 3 Insteia

40 3 Laberia

40 3 Maelia

40 3 Norbana

40 3 Rabiria

40 3 Rupilia

40 3 Salonia

40 3 Saufeia

40 3 Siccia

40 3 Stertinia

40 3 Tarquitia

40 3 Vargunteia

40 3 Velleia

40 3 Vergilia

40 3 Vettia

40 3 Volusia

41 2 Afinia

41 2 Albia

41 2 Aliena

41 2 Ampia

41 2 Ancharia

41 2 Apronia

41 2 Arrenia

41 2 Arruntia

41 2 Axia

41 2 Caepasia

41 2 Caesia

41 2 Carisia

41 2 Cicereia

41 2 Cispia

41 2 Cossutia

41 2 Critonia

41 2 Cupiennia

41 2 Digitia

41 2 Duronia

41 2 Egnatuleia

41 2 Epidia

41 2 Erucia

41 2 Falcidia

41 2 Folia

41 2 Fufidia

41 2 Furnia

41 2 Herminia

41 2 Hirtuleia

41 2 Labiena

41 2 Larcia

41 2 Ligaria

41 2 Livineia

41 2 Lucceia

41 2 Maecilia

41 2 Maevia

41 2 Maiania

41 2 Mania

41 2 Mindia

41 2 Nasidia

41 2 Nigidia

41 2 Novia

41 2 Numicia

41 2 Numisia

41 2 Occia

41 2 Pedia

41 2 Procilia

41 2 Pullia

41 2 Quintia

41 2 Rabuleia

41 2 Raecia

41 2 Remmia

41 2 Saenia

41 2 Sallustia

41 2 Salvia

41 2 Scantinia

41 2 Scantia

41 2 Scaptia

41 2 Serria

41 2 Sosia

41 2 Statia

41 2 Thoria

41 2 Tillia

41 2 Tituria

41 2 Trebellia

41 2 Tuccia

41 2 Turia

41 2 Turullia

41 2 Valgia

41 2 Varia

41 2 Ventidia

41 2 Venuleia

41 2 Vibullia

41 2 Vinicia

41 2 Volteia

41 2 Volusena

-- Nephele

Women have their uses for historians. They offer relief from warfare, legislation, and the history of ideas; and they enrich the central theme of social history, if and when enough evidence is available. Ladies of rank under the first imperial dynasty are a seductive topic.

Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy (1986) 

To continue from the thread on interests on the Rubellii: http://www.strachan.dk/family/rubellius.htm presents a stemma - with a small mistake, it should be "or dt of R109" for Rubellia Bassa. Hence it is far from clear that Bassa truly was a member of the first dynasty.

I'm looking for a list of the Roman patrician families during the early principate, specifically under Nero (54 - 68 AD). Does anyone know if such lists exist?

I need it for a sub-chapter in a master's thesis on Nero's senatorial policies, and was hoping to avoid having to make one from scratch. It seems that most such compilations mainly treat the republican era, which makes them less useful for me, since the composition of the patrician social class changed under the early emperors.

Any help would be appreciated.

...who were the first tribe or  nation to use family or surnames?  My immediate thoughts were the Roman Empire but perhaps you can advise otherwise....

...anyone chipping in?

Where did the patrician (or even famous pleb) families GO? Yes, I know that Rome fell, but it didn't fall by everyone dying. If I had time-machine cameras magically attached to the descendents of some particular Roman family of note, what would I see? Would I see them ALL dying off? Or would I simply see that they would gradually forget the family line they came from, stop speaking Latin, etc, right up to today where I find that I AM the descendent of a bastard son of Sulla and his German wife (or whatever)?

Bonus question: Why does NOBODY (literally, I assume) have a family history they can remember going back to Roman times? I'm not stupid - I know that good records were NOT kept - but you'd think with all the people on the planet SOMEONE would have heard their grandfather tell them orally that they descend from this guy named Marcus Whatever who was a minor backbencher senator. You know - some tidbit of oral tradition just happening to survive, and nothing too grandiose.

The U.S. Social Security Administration lists on their website the top names given to babies born in the U.S., and the U.K. Statistics Authority also list on their website the top names for boys and girls born in England and Wales.

My own list below consists of names taken from the U.S. and U.K. top 100 names lists for both boys and girls born in the year 2007. I have, though the information I've given below, linked these modern-day names to those Roman names which preceded them.

Here are the descendants of the proud Romans of yesteryear. Top names from England and Wales are in blue. Enjoy!

#1 Emily and #77 Amelia: derived from the nomen gentilicium of Aemilius. Emily and Amelia also placed #4 and #10 on the top girls names list for England and Wales.

#2 Ruby: derived from the cognomina and Latin words Ruber and Rubidus, meaning "red, reddish" (from whence comes the name of the ruby gemstone).

#7 Anthony and #96 Antonio: derived from the nomen gentilicium of Antonius.

#11 Lucy: derived from the praenomen Lucius, and the cognomina Lucianus, Lucilus, Lucinus, Luciolus, Luciosus, Lucullus, etc., meaning "light".

#17 Natalie: derived from the cognomina Natalis, Natalianus, Natalicus, Natalinus, Natalio, Natalius, etc., relating to birth. This name had special significance among Rome's early Christians, who applied the meaning to the birth of Jesus.

#20 Grace and #96 Gracie: derived from the feminine cognomen and Latin word Gratia, meaning "grace". Grace and Gracie placed #1 and #68 on the top girls names list for England and Wales.

#28 Lauren: derived from the cognomina Laurens and Laurentius, meaning "from Laurentum", a town in Latium near Ostia. Lauren placed #47 on the top girls names list for England and Wales.

#29 Victoria: derived from the feminine cognomen and Latin word Victoria, meaning "victory, conquest". Victoria placed #97 on the top girls names list for England and Wales.

#30 Max: derived from the cognomina Maximus, Maxantius, Maxellius, Maxentius, Maximanus, Maximianus, Maximillus, Maximio, Maximius, Maximo, etc., meaning "great, distinguished".

#41 Destiny: derived from the cognomen and Latin word Destinatus, meaning "fixed, determined".

#44 Justin: derived from the cognomen Iustinus, which in turn was derived from the cognomen Iustus, meaning "just, equitable, fair".

#47 Leo and #75 Leon: derived from the cognomina Leo, Leonianus, Leonicus, Leoninus, Leonius, meaning "lion, of a lion, leonine".

#48 Austin: derived from the cognomen Augustinus, which in turn was derived from Augustus, the honorary cognomen given to Emperor Octavian, meaning "majestic, diginified".

#61 Adrian: derived from the cognomen Adrianus and Hadrianus, meaning "from Hadria", the name of two ancient towns -- one in Picenum and one in Venetia.

#61 Rosie and #95 Rose: derived from the cognomina Rosa, Rosarius, Rosatus, Rosatianus, meaning "a rose, garland of roses, made of roses".

#66 Claire: derived from the cognomina Clarus, Claranus, Clarentius, Clarianus, Claricus, Clarinus, Clario, Clarissimus, Clarosus, meaning "bright, famous, illustrious."

#66 Julian: derived from Iulianus, an adoptive cognomen formed from the nomen gentilicium of Iulius.

#85 Dominic: derived from the cognomen Dominicus, an early Roman Christian theophoric name meaning "of the Lord". Dominic also placed #97 on the top boys names list for England and Wales.

#89 Julia: derived from the nomen gentilicium of Iulius.

#91 Autumn: derived from Autumna, Autumnina, feminine cognomina relating to the season of autumn.

#98 Valeria: derived from the nomen gentilicium of Valerius.

If there's interest in this here, I may expand this to include names of Roman origin taken from the top 1,000 modern-day boys and girls names lists.

-- Nephele

But presumably not the entire name or the freedman would have the exact same name as his illustrious ex boss, and (if Hollywood had anything to do with it) he might accidentally become Consul!

Also if a wealthy patrician freed a number of slaves they couldn't ALL have the same name, could they?

So which bits did they keep and what got changed?

Also slightly off topic does anyone know if Caius Julius Caesar (b.140 - d.85 BC had any slaves freed on his death.

As I did with my Surnames of the Cornelii, Surnames of the Claudii, Surnames of the Valerii, Surnames of the Fabii, Surnames of the Aemilii, Surnames of the Servilii, Surnames of the Licinii, Surnames of the Manlii, Surnames of the Junii, Surnames of the Sempronii, Surnames of the Julii, and Surnames of the Livii, I have attempted here to list and define the various surnames used by the Porcii of the Republic, particularly those who served in magisterial positions during the time of the Republic as noted in Broughton's Magistrates of the Roman Republic. For the purpose of this list, I have included cognomina, adoptive cognomina, and agnomina under the collective term of "surnames."

...read the full article of the Surnames of the Porcii

You can use the tool yourself at http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/, and see how words like "neurons" suddenly pop up and overtake terms like "humours", how "dude" suddenly arose to prominence in recent years, and so on. It's really cool.

Of course, if you like Romans, then you'll want to see how the literature paid attention to your own favorites. Here I've mapped out how literary sources paid attention to folks like Cicero, Cato, and Caesar. As you could see (if this stupid forum software weren't so backwards), Caesar-worship is apparently of very recent vintage, with far more mentions of Cicero and Cato throughout the Enlightenment. Anyway, try it for yourself!

The Junii followed on the heels of the Licinii as one of the most celebrated of the Roman plebeian gentes. However, the plebeian Junii were unusual in that Rome's first consul (in the earliest days of the Republic when only patricians were consuls) was a member of the Junii. One explanation offered for this apparent discrepancy is that L. Junius Brutus (relative of King Tarquin and thereby a member of the nobility), ended the patrician line of the Junii when he executed his own sons for treason. Whether the Founder of the Roman Republic was patrician or plebeian, it is at least certain that all subsequent members of the Junii who survived the Founder and his sons were plebeian.

...read the full article of the Surnames of the Junii

So, any insight?

The Romans

Family one:

father: Caius (is this real name?) Pompieus Atellus

wife: Cornelia (is his wife take his name as well?)

son: Gaius Pompieus Cornelius

daughter: Pompieia (spelling?)

Family two:

older brother: Marcus Octavius Marcellus Corvus

younger brother: Marcus Octavius Marcellus Celsus (does 2nt child take mother's side name to prevent confusion>)

Other Romans:

Lucius Drusus Germanicus (old man was centurian against German barbarians)

Quintus Barrius Pius

Decimus Varus Merenda

Visigoths

Ricimar

Hathus

Eiriks

Gelvira (Visigoth woman captured when young and prostituted)

I am furthermore lost for ideas of a Greek tutor and some ancient Britain names, if anyone would like to share

Thanks to you!

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