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    to him after his death; consul tertium serving as "a sort of posthumous cognomen ex virtute, a remembrance of the fact that, of all the men of his generation...
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    discovered by Appius' co-censor Gaius Plautius Venox, who received the cognomen Venox for the discovery: 338-9 : 23 . The aqueduct was named after Appius...
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    name takes the form of a Roman praenomen and nomen followed by a Greek cognomen, nomenclature typical for a freedman, combining as it does the identity...
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    fragmentary titulus (founding inscription) names Quintus Haterius, of uncertain cognomen, and his wife Hateria as the founders of the tomb. The inscription indicates...
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