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Our new Mishnah states:
Initially, a person used to change his name and her name (they wrote the names in the get according to the way they were called in the place where the get was written, even though different names were used in their place of residence), the name of his city and the name of her city,
and Rabban Gamliel the Elder enacted for the benefit of the public that he should write, “This man So-and-so and every name that he has,” “This woman So-and-so and every name that she has.”
How does this solve the problem of multiple names? The Mishnah's concern is that we will not be able to identify the husband -- based on the name written in the Get -- in a city in which he is called by a different name. If every Get includes the words "and every other name that he has," the concern remains; we still will not be able to identify the husband.
We explore divorce in antiquity in Greece and Rome.