Guest slackin Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Hello everyone. Great site you have going here! I was searching around for an answer to a trivia question when I stumbled upon your site here. Seems to be a wealth of knowledge here so I thought I would run the question by you. Anyway, here it is: Who was the only Roman general named after the people he conquered? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skel Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 scipio africanus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 There were many actually... Macedonicus, Africanus, Numidicus, Germanicus, Britannicus just to name a relatively well known few. Some were deserved as in the cases of Scipio Africanus and Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus. Others were not, such as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus who was awarded the title despite doing little and after Marius took command of the war against Jugurtha, and Britannicus which was awarded to Claudius despite the fact that he really only sponsored the expedition and didn't conquer the province (yes he was present at the 'victory' over Caratacus, but Plautius was the true commanding general.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar Barca Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Yes, Cognomen titles were awarded when ever a general conquered a people, at least if the senate saw for fit for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 I think there was an Asiaticus too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 I wonder what caesar's would look like if he did that... Gaius Julius Gallicus Romanus Graecia Egyptus Ibericus Caesar. Wow what a name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 In this case it was possible to tell Gaius Julius Triumphus Caesar. Cognomen titles can apply to women. Dalmatica, for example.Women can get warm in beams of glory too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slackin Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Well you guys sound like you know your stuff better than the one asking the trivia question. Since he seems to think there is only one, which one would you guess he is thinking of? My fiancee's boss asks everyone at her work a trivia question every month and usually it's a pretty tough one. She usually asks me and then gets me interested so I have to find the answer or it dives me nuts. Thanks for the replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 There are actually Romans who received agnomen based on tribal victories (Claudius Gothicus) rather than territorial (Scipio Africanus for example). Without looking them up I don't recall them all off the top of my head, but suffice to say there is more than one. So the trivia question is flawed, but I'd be willing to bet he his referring to P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Nero Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I think this was common practice. Even so common people named after countries would lobby to campaign there for their name sake. Cladius named his son Britannicus as he had pwned them and secured a portion of the island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skel Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 slackin.. i personally think hes thinking of scipio africanus... hes usually the first one people think of when it comes to that kind of question. i know i do and most of the people i know do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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