his virtual cognomen. From the number and eloquence of his speeches, he was a gifted orator, but Cato the Censor (Cato Censorius), and Cato the Elder are...

Richard Dean (1916). "A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions". Princeton University. p. 284. "Cognomen – NovaRoma". www.novaroma.org....

feminized form of the cognomen Drusus. It may refer to: Livia, wife of Publius Rutilius Rufus Livia, mother of Servilia and Cato the Younger Livia (died...

Flaccus was a cognomen of the ancient Roman plebeian family Fulvius, considered one of the most illustrious gentes of the city. Cicero and Pliny the Elder...

List of Roman gentes Terentius Varro, for a list of Terentii who used the cognomen Varro This name was first bestowed by later scholars in order to distinguish...

he bore the cognomen Priscus, "the elder". However, it may be that like Major, Priscus simply distinguished him from his descendant, Cato Uticensis, and...

to amass political power were opposed by many in the Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the private support of Cicero. Caesar rose to become one...

Toulouse (814-835) and duke of Septimania (832-835) Cato the Elder (234 BC–149 BC), known by the cognomen Sapiens; a Roman statesman Cenn Fáelad mac Aillila...

for his victories against Carthage, Scipio had many opponents, especially Cato the Elder, who hated him deeply. In 187 BC, he was tried in a show trial...

("to cut"), if it were her true cognomen, possibly indicating her maternal descent. In one interpretation, the cognomen Caesar of the gens Julia originated...

The epithet Dapalis is on the other hand connected to a rite described by Cato and mentioned by Festus. Before the sowing of autumn or spring the peasant...

the famous Pompey the Great, or from Strabo the geographer. Strabo, the cognomen, means "cross eyed". He lived in the Roman Republic and was born and raised...

ok-TAY-vee-əs, Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ɔkˈtaːwiʊs]). According to Suetonius, the cognomen Thurinus (Latin: [tʰuːˈriːnʊs], "of Thurii") was added to his birth name...

with its capital at Narbonne, on the river Atax (now the Aude), for his cognomen Atacinus indicates his birthplace. Only fragments of his works survive...

various other military campaigns. Pompey's early success earned him the cognomen Magnus – "the Great" – after his boyhood hero Alexander the Great. His...

BC and to oppose the final war against Carthage, advocated by his rival Cato the Censor. In spite of his political influence, Corculum could not prevent...

to be the first in his family to bear the cognomen Rufus. However, the origins of him gaining this cognomen are unknown - although it may simply be that...

in Piedmont between late 1430 and early 1431. He later took the Roman cognomen Merula, claiming descent from the ancients. The greater part of his life...

Hirpinus, Scapula, Trogus, and Valgus. A few members of the gens bore no cognomen. The only surname that occurs on coins is that of Crispinus Sulpicianus...

Palladius is probably a family name (of Greek origin), with Aemilianus his cognomen (of Roman origin). In late antiquity, the convention of the tria nomina...

historical fact and more etiological myth, invented to explain the Servilian cognomen "Ahala"/"Axilla", which means "armpit" and is probably of Etruscan origin...

Cato for help. Cato found that the Turdetani and the Celtiberians were in separate camps. The patrols of the former were defeated in skirmishes. Cato...

Manlii, as the name was rarely used in later generations. The earliest cognomen found amongst the Manlii is Cincinnatus, better known from the Quinctia...

The cognomen Structus almost always occurs in connection with those of Priscus or Ahala. The only two Structi who are mentioned with this cognomen are...

said to be derived from the Latin adjective claudus, meaning "lame". As a cognomen, Claudus is occasionally found in other gentes. However, since there is...

have been Lucius's brother. This suggests Lucius was the first of his cognomen Cincinnatus, meaning "the curly haired". The family was rich. In the late...

could be elected censor twice. In consequence of this, he received the cognomen of Censorinus. The censorship differed from all other Roman magistracies...

after being driven from the Reatine territory by the Pelasgians. Porcius Cato argued that the Sabines were a populace named after Sabus, the son of Sancus...

Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus was a member of the plebeian Calpurnia gens. His cognomen is not previously attested within the gens so he appears to have been the...

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