The institution of slavery in ancient Rome played a crucial role in society as well as the Roman economyBesides manual labor on farms and in mines slaves performed many domestic services and a variety of other tasks such as accounting.

Ancient roman patrician male names. These names were given on the basis of the occupation of the name holder or the name holders ancestors. Along with Cyrus and Julius other Roman boy names in the US Top 1000 include Atticus Felix Justus. It has a Latin origin and means of the Tiber.

Women were named after their fathers nomen clan name but in the feminine form and either their fathers or husbands cognomen in the feminine form. That explains the generic use of the name in the vow made by a Roman woman at the end of the marriage rite. This is a list of Roman nominaEach nomen is for a gens originally a single family but later more of a political grouping.

Bubulcus for example meaning cattle-driver. Later a member of the nobility. The Julii and Fabii being two of the most ancient patrician families of Rome would have been represented in the earliest senate during the time of the monarchy.

Men received three names. Tiberius was an ancient Roman emperor. The fashion for Roman boy names was influenced by Hunger Games and by the HBO series Rome.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a prominent figure in the late republic of Ancient Rome rising to power through establishing allies and his military accomplishments. Many of these names such as Cyrus and Julius had been buried for centuries only to seem fresh and new in the modern US. This was the name of a patrician family prominent in Roman politics.

These names referred to the place a person came from. These three accounted for almost 60 of the praenomens in use. Choosing an uncommon baby name for your little girl helps her feel more unique and might even start a new naming trend.