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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 (15[3])plebs. A rare example of this process permitted for women was undertaken posthumously by Augustus for his wife Livia. (-5[1])In 97 AD, terminal illness and a Praetorian Guard revolt forced Emperor (*) Nerva to use this process. Men undergoing this (10[1])process would usually maintain their original nomen as a cognomen. Marcus Aurelius broke the Five (10[1])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 Caesar’s fortune and was often used to maintain Roman family lines. ■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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