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==Example==

==Example==

A good commonly known example is of [[Octavian]] who later became the adopted son of [[Julius Caesar]] and Emperor.  Whereas his name ''Octavian'' was his family or [[gens]] [[nomen]], which changed upon adoption to the gens [[nomen]] of ''Julius''.  While his personal / ''praenomen'' given upon birth remained the same: Gaius.

A good commonly known example is that of [[Octavian]] who later became the adopted son of [[Julius Caesar]] and Emperor.  Whereas his name ''Octavian'' was his family or [[gens]] [[nomen]], which changed upon adoption to the gens [[nomen]] of ''Julius''.  While his personal / ''praenomen'' given upon birth remained the same: Gaius.

==Etymology==

==Etymology==