List of Roman praenomina - Your Art History Reference Guide!

ArtHistoryClub Information Site on List of Roman praenomina Art History Art History Search        Art History Browse             News        Gallery        Forums        Articles        Weblinks        welcome to our free resource site for all art history lovers!

List of Roman praenomina

This is a list of Roman praenomina. See Roman naming convention.

  • Appius (Ap.) — only used by gens Claudia.
  • Aulus (A.) or Olus — from aula ("palace").
  • Decius — associated with gens Minatia .
  • Decimus (D.) — "tenth".
  • Flavius — from flavus ("golden"), imperial praenomen after the 3rd century AD.
  • Gaius (C.) — often written as Caius, because it was originally spelled that way before C and G were separated
  • Gnaeus (Cn.) — often written as Cnaeus , similar to Gaius/Caius situation.
  • Kaeso (K.) or Caeso — uncommon.
  • Lucius (L.) — from lux ("light"), common.
  • Mamercus (Mam.)
  • Manius (M'.) — uncommon, "M'." often confused with "M."
  • Marcus (M.) — from Mars, common.
  • Numerius (N.) — associated with gens Fabia.
  • Publius (P.) — from publius ("public"), common.
  • Quintus (Q. or Qu.) — "fifth", common.
  • Secundus — "second".
  • Septimus (Sept.) — "seventh".
  • Servius (S. or Ser.) — from servo ("to preserve"), uncommon.
  • Sextus (Sex.) — "sixth".
  • Spurius (Sp.) — from spurius ("of illegitimate birth").
  • Tertius — "third".
  • Tiberius (Ti.) — from the river, common.
  • Titus (T.) — possibly from titulus ("title of honor"), common.

External links

Last updated: 10-08-2005 15:24:20
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License. See original document.
Art History Search | Art History Browse | Contact | Legal info