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Roman naming conventions. Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that used by other cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of a combination of personal and family names. Although conventionally referred to as the tria nomina, the ...
Praenomen. The praenomen (Classical Latin: [prae̯ˈnoːmɛn]; plural: praenomina) was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the dies lustricus (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birth of a boy. The praenomen would then be formally conferred a ...
Roman tribe; References This page was last edited on 14 September 2024, at 08:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4 ...
1 October 1071 – 24/31 March 1078 (6 years, 5 months and 23/30 days)with Konstantios (1060–1078), Andronikos (1068–1070s) and Constantine Doukas (1074–78; 1st time)[ s ] Son of Constantine X; made co-emperor in 1060 with Eudokia and Romanos IV. Proclaimed sole emperor after Romanos' defeat at the Battle of Manzikert.
Nero, Sestertius with countermark "X" of Legio X Gemina. Obv: Laureate bust right. Rev: Nero riding horse right, holding spear, DECVRSIO in exergue; S C across fields. This is a list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion, primarily focusing on the Principate (early Empire, 27 BC – 284 AD) legions, for which there exists substantial literary, epigraphic and archaeological ...
The best centurions were then promoted to the first cohort and known as the primi ordines, commanding one of the cohort's five centuries and taking on a staff role. The most senior centurion of the legion was the primus pilus who commanded the first century of the first cohort. All centurions, however senior, had their own allocated century.
Valeria (given name) Categories: Names by country. Culture of ancient Rome. Latin words and phrases. Prosopography of ancient Rome.
Sempronius Asellio (c. 158 – post-91 BCE), early Roman history; Valerius Antias (1st century BCE), Roman history; Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (1st century BCE), Roman history; Diodorus of Sicily (1st century BCE), Greek history; Posidonius (c. 135 – 51 BCE), Greek and Roman history; Theophanes of Mytilene (fl. mid 1st-century BCE), Roman ...