 The comparative adjectives "Maior" and "Minor", meaning "the Elder" and "the Younger" when attached to a name, might distinguish between two sisters; for example, the daughters of Gaius Laelius Sapiens are known as Laelia Maior and Laelia Minor.Birth order is not the best or only predictor of a woman's perceived importance or prominence; Cornelia Africana most commonly refers to Cornelia Africana Minor, the younger daughter of Scipio Africanus, and not to her elder sister.Sons, by comparison, were distinguished by a "praenomen", the first or personal name of a Roman male's typical three names "(tria nomina)".