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Name change on enlistment
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(06-27-2017, 12:14 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: Are there any other examples of these kind of name changes in the Roman army?

There is a ruling of the Prefect of Egypt on the legitimacy of a soldier's son dated 4 June 115 (P. Cattaoui, IV.1-15):

Chrotis, represented by the advocate Philoxenus, stated that she, an Alexandrian, had married Isodorus, an Alexandrian; that thereafter, while he was serving in a cohort, she bore him a son, Theodorus, concerning whom she now petitioned, {arguing that although she had omitted to make a declaration of his birth or requesting that his inheritance tax be remitted if it had been neglected and that} it was clear from the will he had drawn that this was his son since he had made him heir to his property. The will of Julius Martialis, soldier of the First Cohort of Thebans, was read. Lupus then discussed it with his advisers and declared: 'Martialis could not while in military service have a legitimate son but he made him his heir legally.'
Michael King Macdona

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Name change on enlistment - by Nathan Ross - 06-27-2017, 12:14 PM
RE: Name change on enlistment - by Renatus - 06-27-2017, 08:45 PM
RE: Name change on enlistment - by Nathan Ross - 06-27-2017, 08:57 PM
RE: Name change on enlistment - by Renatus - 06-28-2017, 01:23 PM

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