Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "How They Did It - Baby Names in Ancient Rome (Tria Nomina)" video.

  1. Women's names were not a reflection of "unbalanced gender roles". They were a reflection of marriage customs and what was necessary. A woman wouldn't have needed as many names as a man would, because she would generally be the only person using her nomen in the household. Women did not take their husband's name when they married, and so would generally be the only person with her name in a household. If, for instance, a Julian man married a Claudian woman, everyone else in the household would be a Julius or Julia, and would need additional names to distinguish them from one another. The Claudian woman, however, would be Claudia - which would be distinct in her household. Additional names would be superfluous. Also, your pronunciation is awful. The "ii" in a name like Claudii is pronounced "E-E". G is always pronounced hard, never soft. Same with C. V is pronounced like W and J didn't exist until much later. Instead, I was used, and was pronounced soft.
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