Why did you choose your RAT-name ???

[Decius]

never thought about this :?:

[Primvs Pavlvs]

1st born in my household, and my real name is Paul.

[D B Campbell]

I'd really like to know why did you choose your RAT-names ...

Er ... because it's my name!

[sulla felix]

From my favourite Roman - Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix. Utterly ruthless!

[sonic]

It was my nickname at university.

[Memmia]

Mine just sounds a bit like my old maiden name.

[Shinyhead]

This has been my online name for almost 15 years .
Its pretty basic, I shave my head and have for years.
When I discovered my hair line was less receding and more in full retreat I decided to take a pre-emptive strike and have ever since.

[L C Cinna]

because when I registered on RAT I read a book about the crisis of the Republic. I couldn't think of a nick and the book was lying next to me, so I opened it and picked the first decent Roman name I came across which did not contain the word Caesar...

Now I'm stuck with the name of one of the mean guys who got murdered by his soldiers

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

That'll teach you to spurn ol' Caesar! :roll: :lol:

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

thanks for the input folks, really enlightening.

Despite picking a Goddess I don't have an ego problem, honest [...] was the Goddess of death, corpses and other cheery stuff.

uhh, I'm better not going to mess with you. :wink:

This has been my online name for almost 15 years .
Its pretty basic, I shave my head and have for years.
When I discovered my hair line was less receding and more in full retreat I decided to take a pre-emptive strike and have ever since.

really smart lol:

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

Now I'm stuck with the name of one of the mean guys who got murdered by his soldiers

Cheer up. He'd be dead by now anyway. ;-) )

[LCorneliusScaeva]

I'm using the Roman name I chose when I joined Legio VI VPF. I chose *that* name for a variety of reasons. First, I have a friend who's real name is Marcus Cornelius and thought that was a cool name, but I didn't want to use exactly that name; I'm a fan of Prof. Cornelius from the Planet of the Apes movie; I'm a fan of L. Cornelius Sulla, and I'm left-handed. Thus:

Lucius Cornelius Scaeva

As an added bonus there's a weak Star Wars reference within that name. Laudes to the first who can point it out.

[Ceannt]

Ceannt is my sirname in Irish (I am know in some Irishspeaking corners as Séan Ceannt, in english Shane kent and in roman corners Tibers Marius Celius .

Celius i think means very tall because i am 6f 4in 8)

[A_Volpe]

Dudicus stems from one of my 'nicknames' - Roman Dude, when I was with Higgins Armory Museum, and it's stuck. One of my friends coined the nickname "Dudicus" and that's stuck, too. So figured why not for RAT?

Titus Vulpius Dominicus is not historical, it is a construct from my paternal grandfather's name who fought in World War 2 (US Army, Pacific), and I wanted to 'honor' him.
(although I've been told Volpe is an 'old' Italian family name, and the family was apparently from Abruzzo region, not far from Rome, so it's possible... :wink: )

Although I have been considering taking a name attributed to Leg III Cyr historically, as two of our group's members have done.

[Libitina]

thanks for the input folks, really enlightening.

Despite picking a Goddess I don't have an ego problem, honest [...] was the Goddess of death, corpses and other cheery stuff.

uhh, I'm better not going to mess with you. :wink:

Darn right :lol: