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Lucius Aemilius chose this process for two of his sons to help them ascend the cursus honorum. Publius Fonteius helped Publius Clodius Pulcher undergo this (15[1])process in his controversial bid to become tribune of the plebs. A rare example of this process permitted for women was undertaken posthumously by Augustus for his wife (-5[1])Livia. In 97 AD, terminal illness and a Praetorian Guard revolt forced Emperor (*) Nerva to use this process. Men undergoing this process would (10[1])usually maintain their original nomen as a cognomen. Marcus (10[1])Aurelius broke the Five Good Emperors’ tradition of succession via this process by selecting Commodus as his heir. For 10 points, name this process that allowed Octavian to inherit Julius (-5[1])Caesar’s fortune and was often used to maintain Roman family lines. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: adoption [or adoptio or adoptatio; accept adoption to become a pleb; prompt answers describing becoming a plebeian and ask how that was accomplished]
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