Topic Subject:Which Roman name would you like to have?
Alex_the_Bold Legionary
posted 22 November 2012 13:25 EDT (US)
So, what would be your Roman name of preference? Here is an article on the Roman naming conventions, here is a list of Roman praenomina, a list of nomina and a list of known cognomina. So, choose...
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Awesome Eagle Spear of Mars
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posted 22 November 2012 14:03
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Magnus Maximus. Oh yeah!
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Alex_the_Bold Legionary
posted 22 November 2012 15:33
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My choices would be either Marcus Sextius Julianus, or Aulus Hostilius Marcellus...
Invincibility lies in defence, while the possibility of victory in the attack -Sun Tzu Akouson me, pataxon de (hit me, but first listen to me)-Themistocles to Euribiadis prior to the battle of Salamis.
ShieldWall Legionary
posted 24 November 2012 07:39
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I'd have to go along the Monty Python route and be Sillius Soddus. A friend of mine sometimes greets me as Marcus Licinius Crassus, which is apt as my name is Mark, though he's not a historic figure that I have much admiration for and I wouldn't like to have molten gold poured down my throat.