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I am writing a story and it takes place around 220-200 BC which is the time that the Roman's Fabius Maximus fought against Hannibal. my main character befriends a Fabius Maximus and I want to know the Dictator FM's first name (like Gaius or Kaeso) so I dont use his name. If possible could I know the name of his son?
His name was Quintus, iirc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majd il-Romani
OK thanks
What was the name Fabius Maximus too (and his father, and his grandfather,...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lysimachos
Thats not an Arabic military maxim. Wasnt that Alexander, or Caesar? "Id rather fight an army of lions led by a sheep than fight an army of sheep led by a lion"
hey I dunno, I saw it on one of EB's loading screens.
Quite so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lysimachos
His second cognomen was of course "Cunctator"--"the Delayer."
To be over-exact "Cuntator" was his third cognomen, his second was "Verrucosus"Quote:
Originally Posted by TWFanatic
Wow I've never heard this before. What was "Verrucosus" for?Quote:
Originally Posted by konny
Someone who actually speaks Latin may have to confirm this, but I believe it means 'warty'.
Actually, i think those are agnomina, while his cognomen - which earlier had the same function as an agnomen then - is Maximus :)
Edit: Well, could of course be that this terminology wasn't yet established in those days...
OK one more question, was the Aurelian family a plebian family or a patrician family?
ps EB has really helped me withthe story and its realism. great job guys!
I think Plebeian. Only the plebs could run for Tribune of the Plebs, and there's an historic record of a Gaius Aurelius Cotta running for that position and losing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majd il-Romani
OK thanks a million