Roman Onomastics: The Origin and Development of the Tria Nomina System, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2024, 252 p. (in Russian) (original) (raw)

The book is devoted to the origin and development of the three-name system in the Roman Republic. The Roman three-name nomination arose among the patriciate and was extended to all citizens after the familia under the patria potestas became the basic unit for collecting taxes (tributum) and recruiting into the army. The principles of choosing and inheriting praenomina, nomina and cognomina, as well as their development from personal and family agnomina are examined mainly from the 4th to the 1st centuries BC. The three-name system fell into disrepair after the abolition of tributum and changes in the principles of military recruitment.