As of 212 when Caracalla extended Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire, people in the Eastern provinces used various ways to bring together the widely different Greek and Roman onomastic formulae. Greek inscriptions of the post-212 period show that a few provinces of Asia Minor chose a particular style by adding a new cognomen, usually related to the father’s name, between the nomen Aurelius and the diacritical cognomen: Aurelius Sosibius son of Demetrius, for instance, later changed his name to Aurelius Demetrianus Sosibius. We first intend to stress that such new cognomina may sometimes be related to feminine names or to some relatives other than the father, thus indicating kinship rather than direct filiation. We then consider which provinces across Asia Minor shared this characteristic onomastic style. Beside Pamphylia and some neighbouring provinces where such cognomina have been noticed long ago, several cities of Bithynia in Northern Asia Minor shows a very similar onomastic pattern. It is suggested that the frequent imperial expeditions crossing Bithynia during the Severan period encouraged new Roman citizens to systematically transform their previous nomenclature.
as of 212 when caracalla extended novelties to all have free difficulties of the emocpire people in the eastern provinces used varius ways to bring the common different greek and novel onomastic formulae greek inscriptions of the post212 period show that a few procaces of asia minor chose a particular style by adding a new cognomen usually related to the father’s name between the nomen aurelius and the diacrit monumental cognomen aurelius sosibius sosibi in a few provinces of a few years ago from the new cognontusmodity to the reinance to agentusion of the new cognomen often replaced by the new cognomen often from the new cognomen from the name from the father to the father to the name of aurelius because of aurelius sous and aurelius in aurelius in aurelius sosipus sosipus sous sous because of the new cognous in the new cognous
Alan : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
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