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SELECTING A ROMAN NAME

Most of the Romans whom we know from history or literature had three names. These three names, the Praenomen, Nomen, and Cognomen, each of which had its own significance, were customary in the great years of the Republic. In earlier times, names were simpler, while under the Empire the system ended in utter confusion.

When you enlist in the Legio X you are expected to designate for yourself a Roman name. It can be a single name only, or a combination of two to three names, however you wish to be addressed by. Listed below is a sampling of Roman names. You are free to select, or invent, a Roman name of your own choosing. This will be recorded in the Legio X roster. If you prefer to be a Barbarian, may the Gods have mercy upon you, you still have a need to identify yourself with an appropriate name of the time period we are representing

For example: Our Centurio's Roman name is Marcus Antonius Lucius. In camp, he is to be addressed as Centurio Marcus.
 
 
ROMAN NAMES:
       
Agrippa Demas Macro Remus
Alexander Demetnus Marcellus Romanius
Ancus Didius Marcus Romulus
Anthony Arturius  Mark Rufus
Antonius Fatalis Censorinus  Petronius 
Antonia Fetus Narcissus Scribonia
Antony Marponius  Nero Scripio
Aulus Gaius Nerva Sejanus
Domitian  Germanicus Maximus  Silvanus
Britannicus Geta Pallus Marius 
Brutus Gnaeus Paterculus Tiberius
Burrus Licinius  Petrus Titus
Claudius  Horace Plautius Tullus
Caius Horatio Polybius Tychicus
Caligula Hosidius Pompey Valentinus 
Callistus Annaeus  Pompius Valeria
Callus Julius Postumus Valerius
Cassius Justus Stertius  Varus
Cassus Gaius  Quinctius Vellius
Cicero Lucius Quintus Vespasian
Claudius Livy Camillus  Rufius 
Cornelius Fabius  Gorax  Zenas
Curtius Scaro  Larius  Favonius 

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