Talk:Martiania

The system of gentes had completely broken down long before the 5th century A.D. and no person who lived in that period can legitimately said to be a member of any particular gens. Moreover, the name of this particular individual (Martianus Minneus Felix Capella) shows that if he can be said to have been a member of any gens at all it would have been the gens Minnea, not the gens Martiania.

- Cordus 20:04, 3 September 2007 (CEST)

And anyway, wouldn't it have been gens Martianus rather than gens Martianius? -- Marius Peregrinus 20:22, 3 September 2007 (CEST)

I don't think we should to go here. I was only allowed to become a citizen after the gens agreed to a name change from gens Martiana to gens Martiania as required by the censors. I would prefer to fix up any problems (one at a time) that this spelling change has caused. -- Lupus 13:23, 3 September 2007 (HST)