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<p>his sisters <a href="page.php?w=Julia_Major_%28sister_of_Caesar%29">''Julia'' Major</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Julia_Minor_%28sister_of_Caesar%29">''Julia'' Minor</a> ("Julia the elder" and "Julia the younger").</p>

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<p>The nomen gentilicium, or "gentile name" designated a Roman citizen as a member of a <a href="page.php?w=gens">gens</a>.  A gens, which may be translated as "race", "family", or "clan", constituted an extended Roman family, all of whom shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor.  Particularly</p><p>
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