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.
Statements (40)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.