Editing Eponym (section)

==History==
Periods have often been named after a ruler or other influential figure:
* One of the first recorded cases of eponymy occurred in the second millennium BC, when the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] named each year after a high official (''[[limmu]]'').
* In [[ancient Greece]], the [[eponymous archon]] was the highest magistrate in [[classical Athens]]. Eponymous archons served a term of one year which took the name of that particular archon (e.g., 594 BC was named after [[Solon]]). Later historians provided yet another case of eponymy by referring to the period of [[fifth-century Athens]] as The Age of Pericles after its most influential statesman [[Pericles]].
* In [[Ptolemaic Egypt]], the head priest of the [[Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great|Cult of Alexander and the Ptolemies]] was the eponymous priest after whom years were named.
* The [[Hebrew Bible]] explains the origins of peoples through individuals who bear their name. Jacob is renamed "Israel" (Gen 35:9) and his sons (or grandsons) name the original [[Israelites|12 tribes of Israel]], while Edomites (Gen. 25:30), Moabites and Ammonites (Gen. 19:30-38), Canaanites (Gen. 9:20-27) and other tribes (the Kenites named after Cain{{cn|date=February 2023}} (Cain's life is detailed in Gen. 4:1-16)) are said to be named after other primal ancestors bearing their name.  In most cases, the experiences and behavior of the ancestor is meant to indicate the characteristics of the people who take their name.
* In [[ancient Rome]], one of the two formal ways of indicating a year was to cite the two annual [[consul]]s who served in that year. For example, the year we know as 59 BC would have been described as "the consulship of [[Bibulus|Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus]] and [[Julius Caesar|Gaius Julius Caesar]]" (although that specific year was known jocularly as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" because of the insignificance of Caesar's counterpart). Under the empire, the consuls would change as often as every two months, but only the two consuls at the beginning of the year would lend their names to that year.
* During the [[Christian era]], itself eponymous, many royal households used eponymous dating by [[regnal year]]s. The Roman Catholic Church, however, eventually used the ''[[Anno Domini]]'' dating scheme - based on the birth of Christ - on both the general public and royalty. The regnal year standard is still used with respect to statutes and law reports published in some parts of the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries (England abandoned this practice in 1963).
* Government administrations may become referred to eponymously, such as ''[[John F. Kennedy#"Camelot Era"|Kennedy's Camelot]]'' and ''the Nixon Era''.
* British monarchs have become eponymous throughout the English-speaking world for time periods, fashions, etc. ''[[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]]'', ''[[Georgian period in British history|Georgian]]'', ''[[Victorian era|Victorian]]'', and ''[[Edwardian period|Edwardian]]'' are examples of these.

'''Trends'''
* Political trends or movements are often named after a government leader. Examples include ''[[Jacksonian democracy]]'', ''[[Stalinism]]'', ''[[Maoism]]'', ''[[Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]]'', and ''[[Thatcherism]]''.