gentilicium, and Cicero the cognomen), back to two names, and finally one name again. Ancient Roman fathers passed on their cognomen to their children as well...

referred to as the tria nomina, the combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements of the Roman name in...

emperor is limited. In most contemporary texts he is referred to by his cognomen "Maximus" rather than by his second nomen (family name) Pupienus (Classical...

House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues. He also ruled in...

The cognomen Gemina (Twinned) was added when the legion was combined with another understrength legion after the Battle of Actium. The cognomen Martia...

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

uncertain time of winter (the most ancient calendar had only ten months, from March to December). In this month Janus deifies kingship and defies Jupiter. Moreover...

early 1980s. In the work, Shin is called Oshin, the O- forming an archaic cognomen. It was one of the country's most watched serials of all time and has aired...

("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 slaves in Thurii led him to give his son, then a few years old, the cognomen of "Thurinus". He then left for Macedonia and proved to be a capable administrator...