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If my memory serves, they would often introduce themselves as ___ son of ___. It could go past that in certain situations, I'm not completely sure. Anyway if that were the case a they would have no need for one. One must wonder why we DO have last names tho...

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Romans did have last names, known as cognomina, which were added to their given names to distinguish between individuals with the same name. It was a system of personal identifiers rather than family names like modern surnames. The use of last names evolved over time and varied among different social classes in Roman society.

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