The Pomoerium was the sacred enclosure of the city, inside of which no
person holding the _Imperium_ was allowed to enter. It did not
always run parallel to the city walls.


NAMES.

Every man in Rome had three names. The given name (_praenomen_),
as Lucius, Marcus, Gaius. The name of the gens (_nomen_), as
Cornelius, Tullius, Julius. The name of the family (_cognómen_),
as Scipio, Cicero, Caesar. To these names was sometimes added another,
the _agnomen_, given for some exploit, or to show that the person
was adopted from some other gens. Thus Scipio the elder was called
AFRICÁNUS, and all his descendants had the right to the name.
Africánus the younger was adopted from the Cornelian gens into the
Aemilian gens; therefore he added to his other names AEMILIÁNUS.

The women were called only by the name of their gens. The daughter of
Scipio was called, for example, CORNELIA, and to distinguish her from
others of the Cornelian gens she was called Cornelia daughter of
Scipio. If there were more than one daughter, to the name of the
eldest was added _prima_ (first), to that of the next, _secunda_
(second), etc.


MARRIAGE.

Intermarriage (_connubium_) between patricians and plebeians was
forbidden previous to 445, and after that the offspring of such
marriages took the rank of the father. After the parties had agreed,