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Roman Name Primer
#16
Salve Omnes....

I am wondering if this would work and if not what should I do to correct it?


Caius Marius Lupus Brittanicus

Any and all opinions and corrections are appreciated. I would like to get my name down before I continue much further along my path...

Thanks in advance!
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[size=100:1hf2k67y]known as Chris Petersen in the"mundane" world.[/size] :wink: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" />:wink:
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#17
Quote:You could call it the Cranius Maximus
Yes, you could use that one, since Gluteus is already taken. :lol: :lol: :wink:
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)

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#18
Quote:Salve Omnes....

I am wondering if this would work and if not what should I do to correct it?


Caius Marius Lupus Brittanicus

Any and all opinions and corrections are appreciated. I would like to get my name down before I continue much further along my path...

Thanks in advance!


Well first of all,

Britannicus would be the correct version.

then it depends on which period you want to represent. I guess late republican early empire is your periode. Otherwise the name would not sound correct and even for that period it would not be especially if you want to portray an ordinary soldier. a surname like britannicus would be more than unlikely for a legionary in the 1st/2nd century CE and a name like

Caius Marius Lupus Brittanicus

is even more unlikely because in this way "britannicus" would be an honorary title not awarded to anyone but an emperor.

You could be Caius Marius Lupus or Caius Marius Britannicus (this one maybe from late 1st ct onwards) as a legionary both together is impossible.
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#19
Michael,

Thank you for the response and the correction on the spelling. I was not certain whether the title would or would not have been awarded to a legionary or a centurion that would have been present at a victory in the Isles or whether it would have been passed down from father to son after it had been awarded.

The time frame I am looking at for my impression/portrayal is roughly during the latter years of Trajan's reign through the begining years of Hadrian. Would Caius Marius Britannicus be appropriate at that particular time frame? Either via inheritance or via other means? Naming conventions can be such a fascinating, yet confusing, subject, heh. :wink:

Thanks again for your help and assistance...
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#20
Another source that has names listed:

http://sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/roman/

This page is somewhat of a 'how-to' with links to the lists of names about 3/4 of the way down the page.

For those who are of later period inclinations, perhaps you might give a look in here:
http://sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/by ... names.html

While the SCA does allow a lot of "creative" Anachronism. One portion that they are quite accurate with is name registration. While you may meet someone in the SCA named Boromir of Gondor, I assure you these people have not registered those names.
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#21
so i have decided after a year or more of careful consideration on the full designation of lucius aurelius petrininus, im missing only the tribal name which i understand inserts between nomen and cognomen if used? i need to find out what tribes existed in the campagnia region, napoli/pompeii/herculenum area in the 1st century AD
-Jason

(GNAEVS PETRONIVS CANINVS, LEGIIAPF)


"ADIVTRIX PIA FIDELIS"
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