• Statius is a Italic praenomen, or personal name, which was used during the period of the Roman Republic, and into imperial times. It was not widely used...
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  • The praenomen (Classical Latin: [prae̯ˈnoːmɛn]; plural: praenomina) was a first name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on...
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  • Statius[pronunciation?] is a Latin or Italic personal name, or praenomen, which gave rise to a patronymic surname. Prominent individuals with this name...
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  • Republic were from Samnium or Lucania. Statius is a patronymic surname, derived from the Oscan praenomen Statius, without any change in morphology. The...
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  • Although conventionally referred to as the tria nomina, the combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements...
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  • mentioned by Cicero in his oration, Pro Cluentio, bore the unusual praenomen Statius, which was scarce at Rome except among slaves or freedmen. It was...
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  • better known as Ovid, Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96 AD), better known as Statius, a Roman poet Publius Rutilius Rufus (158 – after...
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  • closely related language. Statius Annaeus, a friend of the family at Rome, may well have been a kinsman, and his praenomen supports the theory that the...
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  • threshes. One of the Terentilii known from inscriptions has an Oscan praenomen, Statius. The only surname associated with the early Terentilii is Arsa, also...
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  • the nomen is probably derived from the Oscan praenomen Statius, and is cognate with the nomina Statius and Statilius. This list includes abbreviated...
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    Later, it became a part of the titulature of the Roman Emperors as their praenomen. The Roman emperors generally based their authority on multiple titles...
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  • nomen Septimius is a patronymic surname, derived from the rare Latin praenomen Septimus, originally given to a seventh child or seventh son, or to a...
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  • Manilius Vospiscus, and because Statius' wish for a long life might not fit a man already elderly at the time Statius wrote his poem, Syme then suggests...
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    a praenomen, the first or personal name of a Roman male's typical three names (tria nomina). The eldest son was most often given the same praenomen as...
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    derivative of the common Oscan praenomen Statius, the diminutive of which may have been Statulus. The same praenomen also gave rise to the Statia gens...
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  • among the most common names throughout Roman history. The only other praenomen found under the Republic was Quintus, known from Quintus Rutilius, quaestor...
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    BC. Tibur may share a common root with the river Tiber and the Latin praenomen Tiberius. From Etruscan times Tibur, a Sabine city, was the seat of the...
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  • Spurinna Spurius Staberius Staius Stallius Statilius Statinius Statioleius Statius Statorius Statrius Steius Stellius Stenius Stertinius Stlabillenus Stlaccius...
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  • neighboring parts of Latium, and by the fact that one of the Oscii bore the praenomen Statius, a common name among the Oscan-speaking peoples of Italy. This list...
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  • kosmoi". Claudius also honoured Claudianus with statues in Rome. The praenomen Gaius on Claudianus supposed son could suggest that Claudianus father...
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    by later writers and a short Life of doubtful authority. Neither his praenomen nor his birthplace is known, and his gentile name has been questioned...
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  • libertus, or "freedman", usually assumed the nomen (and sometimes also the praenomen) of the person who had manumitted him, and a naturalized citizen usually...
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    an equestrian family. The place and date of his birth, as well as his praenomen (first name) are not known. In the letters of Sidonius Apollinaris his...
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    refer to Caesar as the first one to assume imperator as a proper name (a praenomen imperatoris), but this seems to be an anachronism. The last ordinary general...
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  • Republic. The nomen Arruntius is a patronymic surname, based on the Etruscan praenomen Arruns, which must have been borne by the ancestor of the gens. The chief...
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    Marcus, Lucius, and Decimus. Except for the Bruti Bubulci, who favored the praenomen Gaius and may have been a cadet branch of the family, the Junii Bruti...
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  • origin, and the first of this name mentioned in history was the general Statius Gellius, who was captured together with his army in 305 BC, during the...
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    is the praenomen; Vidman suggests this restoration (Vidman, Fasti Ostienses, p. 118) All that survives from the Fasti ostienses is the praenomen; Cooley...
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  • Quintus, and Titus, each of which was also common, as well as the Oscan praenomen Statius. This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of...
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  • taken on accession to the purple and after a major military victory; the praenomen of most Roman emperors Imperator Destinatus, "Destined to be Emperor";...
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