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by mcpackieh 1075 days ago
> "Janus the fifth"

You're thinking along the lines of generational suffixes? There were Roman emperors who's family name (nomen gentilicium) was a number, the same number being used by son, father, grandfather... not incrementing with each generation.

There were also Roman emperors who's fathers had been slaves.

Lucius Septimius Severus - family name means 7th

Publius Helvius Pertinax - family name means honey-yellow. Son of a freed slave.