At 15 she dismissed the officials ruling on her brothers behalf and claimed the rule as his guardian.

Female names from roman empire. When a womans name is found the inherited family name or names are in feminized form. Claudia in Roman culture was the name of the wives of Pontius Pilate and Nero. In Rome popular names include Antonia Claudia Valentina and Cecilia.

Ancient Roman Baby Names For Girls. A name of the special Flower type that resambles an Orchid. Her father died leaving Pulcherias 7 year old brother the throne.

Her second husband was Marcus Aurelius and she traveled with him during the Danube military campaign. The most popular Roman names were Appius Aulus Caeso Decimus Gaius Gnaeus Lucius Mamercus Manius Marcus Numerius Publius Quintus Servius Sextus Spurius Titus and Tiberius. For example the daughter of Publius Claudius Drusus would be Claudia Drusilla.

During the time of the early Roman Republic there may have been feminine praenomina but by the time of the later Republic and Empire women were simply known by the feminine form of their fathers nomen. Julius From a Roman family name. For example Claudia Severa signed her personal letters Severa.

Aurelia Cotta who lived from 120 to 54 BC was the mother of Julius Caesar. Take a look at some more. The Constitutio Antoniniana or Edict of Caracalla was a law passed in 212 AD.

Like Imperial Roman men Imperial Roman women treated the cognomen as the given or personal name. Nevertheless women often took on powerful roles behind the scenes whether in the realm of their own family or in the elite world of government. Lucillia is known as the woman who married her fathers co-ruler at the young age of 14.