Adoption

• Adoption in Roman Society was commonly used to guarantee a male Heir for a powerful family, for instance, Julius Caesar adopted Augustus.
• The Paterfamilias also held the Right in Roman Law, to give his young male children to be Adopted.

Description

• A Plebeian adopted by a Patrician would become a Patrician.
• The adopted boy would take on the name of his adoptive father, but keep his own family Cognomen.