Modern people with Roman names

[Narukami]

I remember a woman who called her daughter Medea, after the hysterical child-murdering heroine. The mother had decided that Medea was in fact a misunderstood symbol of ancient feminism.

This is precisely the point made by Carol Sorgenfrei (now at UCLA) in her reworking of Medea as a Noh play. (Medea - A Noh Cycle) Her play has won several awards and is a well done combination of the Greek Tragedy with the Noh theatrical format. (Not all East-West combinations work, but this one does.)

It is not a favorite of mine and I do not see Medea as a heroic character, but it is a well done piece of theatre.

On the other hand, a work of fiction that is a favorite and which uses several classical names is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mocking Bird.

Atticus the lawyer
Hector the sheriff (refered to as "Heck" Tate)
Calpurnia the house keeper
Helen wife of the falsely accused Tom Robinson
Alexandra sister of Atticus (she is not in the movie)

Is is perhaps THE Great American novel and certainly one of the best films to ever come out of Hollywood.

:wink:

Narukami

[Memmia]

There are currently 20 people called Anthony in my family- including my youngest son. It does get confusing, to break it down we have a group of 'Big Tonys' 'Little Tonys' 'Big Ants' 'Little Ants' "Honey Ant' 'Gronant' '' 'Nant' 'Tone'- funny enough, noone is actually called by their full name- Anthony :lol:

[morhathol]

There's an archaeologist in Slovakia whose first name is Titus (Titus Kolník). On top of that, he specialises in Roman Age archaeology

Oh, and I think mine could be also counted in. Roman is not outright common, but certainly not rare in Czech Republic and Slovakia (and Poland maybe?).

[Theodosius the Great]

There are a lot of roman names in Spanish, Marco, Antonio, Julio, Augusto, Emilio, Eugenio, Evaristo, etc... are quite common, but there are other less common like Cecilio or Cayo. I even knew a teacher called Vespasiano

Other names like Alfonso, Rodrigo, etc came from visigothics

Just to add a couple more :

Mario (Marius)

Tito (Titus)

~Theo

[Jona Lendering]

There are a lot of roman names in Spanish, Marco, Antonio, Julio, Augusto, Emilio, Eugenio, Evaristo, etc... are quite common, but there are other less common like Cecilio or Cayo. I even knew a teacher called Vespasiano

Other names like Alfonso, Rodrigo, etc came from visigothics

Just to add a couple more :

Mario (Marius)

Tito (Titus)

And Jesus, of course - from the Latinized form of a Greek form of Yoshua or Yehoshua.

[Iagoba]

I'll add Emeterio and Celedonio, roman legionaries and martyrs. Probably one of the names is Greek (chelidonie? not sure) but it was used by a Roman.

Also, I know a Marco Aurelio who is also in this forum... :wink:

To end, Quinto, Segundo, Sexto and many more...the list is too long. :wink:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I have a work associate who's name is Marcus Anthony, the anglisiced spelling though.

[Jona Lendering]

On a related note, I have a friend who is born in a Canadian town called Ajax.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

On a related note, I have a friend who is born in a Canadian town called Ajax.

Where was Ajax born then....... :mrgreen: (sorry)

[Robert Vermaat]

On a related note, I have a friend who is born in a Canadian town called Ajax.

Which of the two was he named after? (I also like to put this question to the fan of the Soccer team - and enjoy it when their minds go blank). :twisted:

[Carus Andiae]

There are a couple of people called Marcus where I work; I don't think it's that uncommon in the UK. There is also, however, a woman with the first names Claude Sabine (Claudia Sabina).

[Simplex]

...and ocassionally family-names here in Germany: e.g. Sartorius, Molitor and Prätorius ...... I presume that most of them stem from the times of the Renaissance when some folks (humanists /scholars/doctors ?) translated their old names into Latin to make a difference. 8)

Greez

Simplex

[Marcus F.]

at the world cup we have Marcus Tulio (Japan) and of course Julio Cesar (Brazil).

[hoplite14gr]

I'll add Emeterio and Celedonio, roman legionaries and martyrs. Probably one of the names is Greek (chelidonie? not sure) but it was used by a Roman.

Also, I know a Marco Aurelio who is also in this forum... :wink:

To end, Quinto, Segundo, Sexto and many more...the list is too long. :wink:

You are right probably he was called Cheledonios and the name comes from Chelidon (anc. Greek ) or Chelidoni (mod Greek) and is this bird:
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Kind regards

[Justin of the New Yorkii]

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