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    Default Re: EBII Latin names

    Quote Originally Posted by Cevlakohn View Post
    Because, it kind of bothers me that EB1 uses "v" to transcribe vocalic /u/. Because I've never seen that done anywhere.
    We're simply imitating the way these names were inscribed. For reasons of legibility and length we use spaces but don't capitalize. Below is an image from the Fasti Triumphales, which record Roman triumphs from Romulus in 752 BC to L. Cornelius Balbus in 19 BC. I'll send you a shiny penny if you can find a "U" on it.
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    The first legible name is C. Sextius Calvin[us], with his filiation, C. F C. N (son of Caius, grandson of Caius), preceeding his cognomen. the second is L. Aurelius Orestes, and the third is Q. Caecilius Metellus.

    EDIT: I just happened to notice an interesting error in the fourth name here - it's Q. Fabius Aemilianus (written Aemiliani). He was the nephew of P. Scipio Aemilianus, conqueror of Carthage, and the grandson of L. Aemilius Paullus, the victor at Pydna. The filiation begins in the right place, with a Q between "Fabius" and "Aemiliani", but the inscriber started the doing "Aemiliani" before he realized he'd left out the remaining "F Q.N" of the filiation, so he just tacks it on after the cognomen. Oops.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cevlakohn View Post
    CAIVS·IVLIVS·KAESAR·OCTAVIANVS·AVQVSTVS
    CAIVS·IVLIVS·CAESAR·OCTAVIANVS·AVGVSTVS
    Last edited by Atilius; 06-30-2010 at 05:37.
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