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Explanation: It's a damn good thing that the Romans were fond of collecting nicknames and victory titles, because the tendency of every fucking Roman family to use the same goddamn names for their kids is something else. There's some amount of excusing 'Julius Caesar' since both Julius and Caesar are familial names, but when they're all goddamn named Gaius as well? Come on.
Other Roman families often had similar practices - there were only a few dozen first names (praenomina) that were in common use, and many prominent Roman families would use only 5 or 6 of them. Fuck's sake. We don't need ANOTHER Gaius or Tiberius.
At least the guys got actual names. The women usually just got the family name and a number.
Sextus Digitius - Wait, you guys are getting names?
Julia Major - Wait, you guys get numbers?