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praenomen and Lucius
Lucius is often identified as Dio's praenomen, but a Macedonian inscription, published in 1970, reveals the abbreviation, " Cl.
* Lucia, the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius
According to Suetonius, the gens avoided the praenomen Lucius because two early members with this name had brought dishonor upon the family, one having been convicted of highway robbery, and the other of murder.
Throughout Roman history, the most common praenomen was Lucius, followed by Gaius, with Marcus in third place.
Baebii with the praenomen Lucius are found concentrated around Saguntum in Hispania.
Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius were the three praenomen used by the Artorii males.
Lucullus, the cognomen of a branch of the Licinii, which first occurs in history towards the end of the Second Punic War, is probably derived from the praenomen Lucius, of which it appears to be a diminutive.
Distinct by their praenomen, " Lucius ", none of these members of the Julii Caesares family can be confused with their distant relative and much more famous Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman who conquered Gaul, became dictator for life, and then was murdered by Roman senators.
* Lucius ( praenomen )

praenomen and is
The same root is believed to be the source of the Latin praenomen Tiberius, and its Etruscan cognate, Thefarie.
The same root is thought to be the origin of the Latin praenomen Tiberius, and its Etruscan cognate, Thefarie, and it may be noted that Tiberinus appears to be derived from Tiberius, which may have been the original form of the name.
His praenomen is not known, nor is his birthplace and his gentile name has been questioned.
The most compelling evidence is his name: " Tullus " is a unique praenomen in Roman culture, and his gentile name is obscure and linguistically archaic enough to rule out the possibility that he was a crude later invention.
His praenomen is uncertain, but in any case Marcus is an arbitrary conjecture of Raphael of Volterra.
Although his praenomen is given as Marcus by Priscian, some modern scholars identify him with Gaius Velleius Paterculus, whose name occurs in an inscription on a north African milestone ( C. I. L.
The other main branch of the patrician Claudii bore the surname Nero, originally a Sabine praenomen described as meaning, fortis ac strenuus, which roughly translated is " strong and sturdy.
An oddity of the names by which these emperors are known today is that several of their ancestors bore the name Tiberius Claudius Nero ; of three emperors belonging to the same family, one is known by a praenomen, one by a nomen, and one by a cognomen.
The most illustrious family of the plebeian Claudii bore the surname Marcellus, which is a diminutive of the praenomen Marcus.
The tria nomina, consisting of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen, which is today regarded as a distinguishing feature of Roman culture, first developed and spread throughout Italy in pre-Roman times.
* Octavius ( with an i ) seems to be the only form of this name found as a praenomen, although the form Octavus would be consistent with the adjective from which the name is derived.
* Volero, a praenomen used by the Publilii, is believed to be a variant of Volesus.
Paulla ( often spelled Polla ) is also especially common, although the masculine name Paullus was uncommon as a praenomen.
One popular etymology that is certainly not correct belongs to Spurius, a praenomen that was amongst the most common, and favored by many leading patrician and plebeian families during the early Republic.
However, the praenomen Appius is known from other Latin sources, and may simply represent the Latin name closest in sound to Attius.
Although it is widely believed that the Latin praenomen Mamercus was of Oscan origin, since Mamers was a Sabine form of Mars, it is not clear to what extent the two cultures ( which sprang from the same origin ) borrowed praenomina from one another, and to what extent they shared names based on roots common to each language.
* Nerius, or Nero, a praenomen common to Oscan and Umbrian, was said to mean fortis ac strenuus, that is, strong or vigorous.

praenomen and given
Finally, the Roman praenomen ( given name ) Caeso was said to be given to children who were born via C-section.
By the end of the Republican era, a name for an aristocratic male citizen comprised three parts ( tria nomina ): praenomen ( given name ), nomen ( or nomen gentile or simply gentilicium, being the name of the gens or clan ) and cognomen ( name of a family line within the gens ).
Also, the core part of the name ( nomen ) was the inherited gens name, not the given name ( praenomen ).
The praenomen, equivalent to given names today, was chosen by the parents ( often with the pater familias naming male infants after himself ).
His praenomen is sometimes given erroneously as Marcus because the standard abbreviation of Manius ( M '.
Marcus is known from a single instance at the very end of the Republic, in which the praenomen is given only by Valerius Maximus.
By the Middle Kingdom, Egyptian kings bore five different names, the " Horus " name ; the " Two Ladies " name ; the " Gold Horus " name ; the praenomen or " throne name "; and a nomen, the personal name given at birth ( also called a " Son of Ra " name as it was preceded by Sa Re &# 39 ;).
From 15th to 17th centuries, the formula seems to have been to copy the ancient Roman naming convention: praenomen ( or given name ), nomen gentile ( or Gens / Clan name ) and cognomen ( surname ), following the Renaissence fashion.
Publius is a Roman masculine given name ( praenomen ).
The praenomen of Julia was given to her after becoming an empress.
Publius ( abbreviated P .) is a Roman masculine given name ( praenomen ) meaning " public " in Latin, one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome.

praenomen and by
* In 38 BC, Octavian replaced his praenomen " Gaius " and nomen " Julius " with Imperator, the title by which troops hailed their leader after military success, officially becoming Imperator Caesar Divi Filius
It may have been Tiberius, as that praenomen was very common among those whose families had been granted citizenship by these emperors.
The full form of a Roman name, used in official records, included the praenomen and nomen, followed by a " filiation ", the name of the voting tribe in which the person was enrolled, and finally the cognomen and agnomen, if any.
Caecus ' brother, who shared the same praenomen, was distinguished by the cognomen Caudex, literally meaning a " treetrunk ", although metaphorically it was an insult, meaning a " dolt.
n. Pulcher, adopted by his uncle, Appius, whose praenomen he assumed.
The praenomen ( literally forename, plural praenomina ) was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child.
However, it still may be that the Romans knew the river by this name when the praenomen came into existence.
As a permanent title, imperator was used as a praenomen by the Roman emperors and was taken on accession.
The earliest of the Julii appearing in legend bore the praenomen Proculus, and it is not impossible that this name was used by some of the early Julii, although no later examples are known.
The gens was always said to have descended from and been named after a mythical personage named Iulus or Iullus, even before he was asserted to be the son of Aeneas ; and it is entirely possible that Iulus was an ancient praenomen, which had fallen out of use by the early Republic, and was preserved as a cognomen by the eldest branch of the Julii.
The name was later revived as a praenomen by Marcus Antonius, the triumvir, who had a son and grandson named Iulus.
The praenomen Spurius was used only by the patrician house of the Cassii Viscellini.
The praenomen Mamercus is derived from Mamers, a god worshipped by the Sabelli of central and southern Italy, and usually identified with Mars.

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