Quite so.Originally Posted by Lysimachos
His second cognomen was of course "Cunctator"--"the Delayer."
Re: Historical question about Fabius Maximus
Quite so.
His second cognomen was of course "Cunctator"--"the Delayer."
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To be over-exact "Cuntator" was his third cognomen, his second was "Verrucosus"
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Wow I've never heard this before. What was "Verrucosus" for?
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Someone who actually speaks Latin may have to confirm this, but I believe it means 'warty'.
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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...
Last edited by Lysimachos; 07-29-2008 at 19:59.
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OK one more question, was the Aurelian family a plebian family or a patrician family?
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