Licinii (by adoption)

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The Licinii (by adoption) were a branch of the ancient Roman Licinius family formed through the legal adoption of outsiders into the gens, thereby extending its name, status, and political legacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman gens branch
ancient Roman family branch
associatedWith Roman aristocracy
Roman political offices
Roman senatorial class
basedOn Roman adoption practices
culturalContext Roman kinship and patronage system
extends name of gens Licinia
political legacy of gens Licinia
status of gens Licinia
formedBy adrogatio or adoptio under Roman law
legal adoption
governedBy Roman family law
rules of patria potestas
hasEthnicIdentity Roman
hasFunction continuation of family lines within gens Licinia
expansion of political alliances of gens Licinia
integration of outsiders into gens Licinia
hasMembershipCriterion formal adoption into gens Licinia
hasName Licinii NERFINISHED
hasNamingConvention adopted person assumes nomen Licinius
adopted person may retain trace of original family name in cognomen
hasSocialStatus patrician or plebeian Roman citizens
hasType adoptive lineage within a Roman gens
languageOfName Latin
legalEffect change of agnatic family affiliation to gens Licinia
transmission of family name Licinius
transmission of inheritance rights within gens Licinia
modeOfTransmission agnatic line through legal fiction of adoption
partOf gens Licinia NERFINISHED
practicedIn Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
purpose preservation of family prestige of gens Licinia
securing heirs for Licinian lines lacking male descendants
strengthening political networks of gens Licinia
relatedTo Licinii (by birth) NERFINISHED
gens Licinia NERFINISHED
sharesNomenWith Licinii (by birth) NERFINISHED
timePeriod ancient Rome
usesNomen Licinius NERFINISHED

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Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus nobleFamily Licinii (by adoption)