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Two Studies in Roman Nomenclature (1976)
Two Studies in Roman Nomenclature (1976)
IN
ROMAN NOMENCLATURE
D. R. SHACKLETON BAILEY
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I. ONOMASTICON PSEUDOTULLIANUM
IG = InActvLptLoneA Gn.ae.cae..
vii
viii
Acha&t.
Eigmnamdn, B e r l i n , 1904.
pp. 247-278).
Oxford, 1971.
I.
ONOMASTICON
PSEUDOTULLIANUM
1
ONOMASTICON PSEUDOTULLIANUM
some i n t e r e s t i n g r e s u l t s .
3
i n v o l v e such amalgamation or s e p a r a t i o n are not covered. Nor have I
quotation-marks.
T. 'ACCIUS' ( l a )
a&Ll i n the other. I n frtitt. 271 the same person appears i n W i l k i n s '
N.H. V I I . 128 o f f e r s Atio P<a>auAcnA£y who may have been the prosecutor*
M. ACILIUS (15)
! !
no reason to read M'. [ U r s i n u s ] ) , o r simply Acilius, appears as
f ! 1 1
'Caninus' or C a n i n i u s or C a n i n i a n u s . 'Caninus' i s c l e a r l y r i g h t
may be Caesar's Legate or the Legate's son. But Caesar would not
1
use the s i n g l e cognomen i n t h i s one p l a c e and then r e t u r n to ' A c i l i u s
B e t t e r ^AO.4ZAJJLA} CantnuA.
*AETIDEMUS
SEX. ALBEDIUS
C. 'ALBINIUS' ( 1 )
P. ALBINOVANUS (1)
( 2 ) , P o n t i f e x Minor i n 57 (Hot. R e ^ p . 1 2 ) .
*ALEDIUS
w e l l even.
8
ALIENUS (1)
AMBIVIUS (1)
AMIANUS
corrupt ( f o r Amiantus?) .
ANDRICUS
See MEANDER.
*ANNIANUS
Presumable husband, l o v e r , or c l o s e r e l a t i v e of a c e r t a i n
T. ANNIUS (20-22)
p o s s i b i l i t i e s of i d e n t i f i c a t i o n a r e to be considered. The t r i b e of
T 1
M. ANNIUS (27) APPIUS
1 1
of Iguvium a r e c a l l e d ' I g u v i n i ; and c f . ' A n t i a s from Antium). In
1
doubtful. Perhaps i t was 'Annius, which as a s l a v e name would f a l l
Annius (32) A t i l i u s Bradua and Appius Annius (49; c f . 50, 88, 125)
Gallus.
L. ANTISTIUS (12)
below, p. 103.
p e r s u a s i v e l y to the c o n t r a r y , i d e n t i f y i n g t h e Tribune of 56 w i t h
Bexepi auve£nX6ev oV auxov xe xiuwv aex SiexeAeae KOU XOV uiov iraXiv
Sv> KXa(36ios yev 'tfaxepov np£e • • • OUTOS ap^as ztf nyQv. Broughton
h i s a c t i v i t y i n o f f i c e nothing i s known of h i s c a r e e r .
'ANTIUS 1
(2)
Text (1965).
1
'APENAS
f a i l e d to n o t i c e a v a l i d o b j e c t i o n to Turnebus 1
KpzJULoA, namely
that C i c e r o would have used t h e form ' A p e l l a . ' Apaltd may none t h e
P. APINIUS (1)
Cf. VoAJi. I I . 2 . 1 9 . The second name was ' L a p i r o . ' See CIG 5595-6
= IG XIV.353-4.
1
Klebs note on the former i s j u s t l y c a l l e d a s o r r y mess by Syme,
ebt, viA bona* zt honor tub, kojiedor {eeiX Aimllir 6ul, Cn. Satuinlnum
1994.46, X X I I . 3 6 . 3 3 ) .
ARCHELAOS (14)
(Strabo, p. 5 5 8 ) .
s p e c t i v e l y (RE X I I I . 1 3 9 4 . 2 ) .
M. AXIANUS
brother had become by adoption Ap. Claudius Ap. f . ) and Att. 114
the P r a e t o r of 6 5 ) : M. G a l l i u s M. f. Axianus.
BABULLIUS
fundus 1
of which C i c e r o h a s been w r i t i n g ; i n f a c t i t i s c l e a r l y not
FlamlnZanum.
P. BAGIENNUS
1
'BALBILIUS
BALBINUS ( 1 )
(CAECILIUS) METELLUS.
18
BARBATIUS
(1955). p. 57.
BELLIENUS (7)
person may or may not have been Pompey's freedman Demetrius of Gadara.
'BRULLA'
which i n the f i r s t two passages has (a)b ucULtzno and buozni, and
'ox-nose 1
(not buAAhZaon, as Lewis and S h o r t ) .
*(CAECILIUS) METELLUS
Wiseman, Cinna thz Vozt [1974], pp. 112, 188 f f . ) , had been involved
CAELIUS (2)
( V I I . 3) .11.
21
C. 'CAELIUS' ( 7 )
M. 'CAELIUS' (14)
Q. 'CAELIUS' (14)
praenomen so i n d i c a t e s .
T. 'CAELIUS' (15)
263 f.) points out that the nomen was ' C l o e l i u s ' ( o r ' C l o i l i u s ' or
C. 'CAESIUS' (3a)
f
I n Flacc. 68 the p r i n c i p a l MS h a s ceAAjjuum, which i s more l i k e l y
*CALPURNIUS
1
T y r r e l l and P u r s e r thought that Antony s emissary to C i c e r o i n
or C. Antonius 1
Legate i n 43 (RE Suppl. I I I . 2 3 0 ) , who was another L.
"Calpurnii. ' 11
T h i s , of course, does not hold good f o r all noble f a m i l i e s ,
assumption i n RE I I I . 1 4 1 2 . 3 6 .
placed by TKoJocuLLum, see my note and pJtoc. Cam. Pkil. Soa. 4 (1956-57) .
pp. 17 f f .
*CASSIUS
L. CASSIUS (13)
l a t t e r L. C a s s i u s i s g e n e r a l l y i d e n t i f i e d w i t h L. C a s s i u s Longinus,
L. CASTRINIUS PAETUS
r f
V I I I 2, 2 erwahnt, und C. [read L . ] C a s t r o n i u s Paetus aus Luca, von C i c .
identisch 1
(Munzer, R E Suppl. I . 278 f . ) . Schulze (Elgcnnamcn,
1
p. 266 n . l ) suggests that ' C a s t r i n i u s and ' C a s t r o n i u s ' may be i n t e r -
'CATO' ( c f . C. P o r c i u s [ 6 ] Cato)
See GUTTA.
25
*C. CAUDINUS
L. CLAUDIUS (21)
1
'Lucius a f t e r two of them who bore i t had beeri c o n v i c t e d on c r i m i n a l
p r o h i b i t i o n (Voting Vtbt/uxitA, P- 2 0 3
)• B u t
these two C l a u d i i may
become e x t i n c t . The l a s t c e r t a i n r e p r e s e n t a t i v e i s P. C l o e l i u s ( 9 )
c o n n e x i o n w i t h P. C l o d i u s T
l i e u t e n a n t Sex. C l o e l i u s , my n o t e on Att-
r e s t r i c t e d t o p a t r i c i a n s and d i s q u a l i f i e d i t s h o l d e r f r o m o t h e r public
o f f i c e , m i g h t f i t l y be c o n f e r r e d upon t h e descendant o f a p r e v i o u s
i s n o t a t t e s t e d i n t h e gens C l o e l i a , b u t t h a t h a r d l y signifies.
Consul o f 4 9 . However, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e b e s t m a n u s c r i p t t r a d i t i o n t h e
d i s m i s s e d t h e c o n s p i r a c y i n Rome and t h e f i g h t i n g i n E t r u r i a as t o o
to t h e n o b l e house o f t h e C l a u d i i M a r c e l l i , b u t t o a l e s s e r breed?
MINDIUS..
L. CLODIUS (9)
C i c e r o r e f e r s t o Sex. C l o e l i u s .
1
SEX. CLODIUS 1
(12)
1
See a l s o T. 'CAELIUS.
28
l l
* COCTIUS
puzzle.
T h i s , not ' C a e l i u s , 1
i s t h e r i g h t nomen i n Lzg. Man. 58: see
'Latinianus ), r
Wiseman, Mow Men, p. 2 2 5 . The p a r a d o s i s i s czZiuA.
L. 'CONSIDIUS' (4)
723 a ) .
29
!
C a l l e d P. L e n t u l u s ' by Asconius (5.10, C l a r k ) i n an otherwise
grandson, as 'Lentulus ( p u e r ) 1
(ktt. 267 [ X I I . 2 8 ] . 3 , 270 [XII.30].1).
credit.
P u b l i u s i n view of P. C o r n e l i u s (233) P. f . L e n t u l u s M a r c e l l i n u s ,
f 1 !
D o l a b e l l a might become o f f i c i a l l y P . or Cn. C o r n e l i u s Lentulus
1
(Dolabella), w h i l e keeping h i s former name i n general use, l i k e M.
Lucullus, e t c .
1
'CURIUS (1)
(see my n o t e ) .
33
1
ignores the Quaestor. Neither the praenomen 'M. nor the nomen
recommended to Caesar f o r a M i l i t a r y T r i b u n a t e i n 54 ( Q . F t . I I . 1 4 . 3 ,
1
p. 618). C i c e r o ' s protege i n 54 was a d i f f e r e n t man. But 'M. C u r t i u s
1
between he i s always 'Postumus.
* L . CUSTIDIUS
f f
* DECIMUS
as u n d i s t i n g u i s h e d a f i g u r e as the L e n t i d i i , L o l l i i , Plaguleii,
and S e r g i i of Vom. 89. H i s re*al name may have been Decius or Decimius
DEMETRIUS (50)
See BELLIENUS.
Atticus 1
libnatUoluA (Att. 79 [ I V . 8 ] . 2 ; c f . 78 [ I V . 4 a ] . l ) i s to
Aristarchus 1
pupil. The JUbtoutZohiA w i l l have been a mere s l a v e .
1, e t a i . )
'DOMESTICUS 1
( c f . A t i l i u s [71])
'EXTITIUS'
VlancuA.
Q. FABRICIUS (7)
1.4.3 i s p a l a e o g r a p h i c a l l y i n f e r i o r to a p o s s i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e , AtiliuA;
'Q.' FADIUS ( 3 )
1 1
M. FADIUS (6) GALLUS
1
Q. 'FADIUS (8) GALLUS
1
CN. 'FANNIUS (11)
and H a r l e i a n i 4105 (K) and 4852 (Z) the passage i s missing. Authority
On the other hand, Cicero mentions that the Knight was ^XevtoA
name.
39
C.'FIDULIUS'
1
Clodius s a t e l l i t e C. ' F i d u l i u s ' i n Pom. 79 f f . i s no doubt
indicated.
L. FLAVIUS (16)
*FL0RUS
*FUSIUS
1 1
'Fusius i s only the a r c h a i c form of ' F u r i u s , so that even i f the
1
31, 26, C l a r k .
l t
T. FURFANIUS POSTUMUS
C. GALLIUS (3)
e p i g r a p h i c a l l y recorded a s s e r v i n g i n an u n s p e c i f i e d c a p a c i t y under
what C i c e r o s a y s — t h a t G a l l u s a p p l i e d to V e r r e s to a l l o w the
1
prosecution of t h e t i t h e - r o b b e r Apronius. Klebs entry on the j u r i s t
i s c a l l e d GaJUuA no&tZA.
GAVIUS 'OLELUS' ( c f . A t i l i u s [ 7 0 ] )
s p e c i e s o f b i r d ) o r gavlota, may be i n v o l v e d .
L. GELLIUS (5)
West.
GUTTA
(Tribune i n 56) were ex-Praetors i n 54, Cotta and Otko have been
RE XXII.107.13: f
C i c . ad Qu. f r . I l l 4, 1; bes. I l l 8 [=6], 6.'
1
'HALIMETUS
Gallus.
HELICO (2)
worse than i d l e .
HELONIUS
C. HERENNIUS (7)
11.21) remains p o s s i b l e .
HERODES (8)
, t
* HERUS
f f
s l a v e might be c a l l e d H e r o s Ofrpoos) or 'Hero* ("Hpcov), but
1
n e i t h e r of these would form an a c c u s a t i v e 'Herum. Perhaps read
1
A.2214.15), ' H e r i u s would not s u r p r i s e as the name of a s l a v e . Along
T. HORDEONIUS ( 2 )
1
that Munzer did r i g h t to accept Schiitz s u b s t i t u t i o n s , b r i n g i n g the
t e x t i n t o l i n e w i t h 388 ( X I I I . 4 6 ) . 3 T. HondzOYlio.
45
1
'TULLUS HOSTILIUS (7)
IULIA (549)
see TUTIA.
1
the context i n C a e l i u s l e t t e r concerns Caesar, not Pompey. I have
s t i t u t e , though admittedly q u i t e u n c e r t a i n .
LATINUS ( 2 )
that the cognomen ' L a t i n u s ' i s not found among the b e t t e r known
f a m i l i e s o f the R e p u b l i c . Was i t r e p u b l i c a n a t a l l ( c f . K a j a n t o ,
46
, I
* LEPIS0
See AETIDEMUS.
• P l u t a r c h r e v e a l s t h a t S c i p i o ' s f l e e t s t a t i o n e d i t s e l f near U t i c a
47
1
time of C r a s s u s departure heavy storms were b u f f e t i n g those a t
f
which has S c i p i o s s h i p s tossed i n storms f o r a long time before
1
t h e i r u l t i m a t e f a t e a t Hippo R e g i u s .
m&iapdhm mzZam.
(3): see my note ad l o c . and ?Koc. Cam. Phil. Soc. 3 (1954-5). p. 31.
48
1
For y e t another example of ' L u c c e i u s corrupted i n t o ' L u c u l l u s ' s e e
CCLQZ. 52.
f
The only a u t h o r i t y f o r the praenomen of C a t o s ward, the son of
m i s t r u s t i t ; c f . Munzer, RE X I I I . 4 1 9 . 3 . C l a r k m i s t a k e n l y supplied
LOLLIA (29)
f f
C. LOLLIUS ( 4 )
1
P. 'LUCCEIUS
1
(XII.30).5. The Mediceus p r e s e n t s i t c o n s i s t e n t l y a s ' L u c c i u s ;
1 1 1
other MSS have ' L u c t i u s or ' L u t i u s . The v u l g a t e ' L u c c e i u s i s
f f
d e s t i t u t e of a u t h o r i t y and should be forgotten. Luccius is a
J . A. Richmond).
1 1
Q. LUCRETIUS (20) OFELLA
Rather !
Afella: f
see Badian, J.R.S. 57 (1967). pp. 227. So
'LUSCENIUS'
T 1
CN. MAGIUS (3)
181 (IX.13<x); Caes. B.C. 1.24.4. The person named i n these passages
c a l l e d 'P.' i n Vam. 253 (IV. 12).2 but 'Cn.' i n L i v . Eptt. CXV. Was
he r e a l l y another Numerius?
'MALLIUS' (2)
from the Consul of 105, the nomen ' M a l l i u s ' i s of very r a r e occurrence
Q. MAMERCIUS ( c f . Mamercus [ 2 ] )
Eigennamen, p. 466.
Q. MANLIUS (34)
d e s c r i p t i o n i n the pHO Cluentlo does not suggest a man who had gone
peak, and t h a t he would not have got even thus f a r but f o r aAJ>c.OH.dtae
51
Latium, the C r i t i i * 1
( c i t i n g CIL I 2
. 1535). I t i s a l s o found i n
12104 [369]).
MATRIS
tal i n Fam.* 190 ( I X . 16).8 quod i>JL p&aeve/icu> m e ad modJuJ* tuac ccnam
MELA (1)
1
See LICINIUS 'DENTICULUS.
T
ends h i s e n t r y 'Memmius ( 5 ) with a q u a l i f i c a t i o n : 'doch es f r a g t
'MENANDER' (1)
! T
following a f i n a l m i n the previous word; whereas i t i s eminently
(Manutius) i s an i n a d m i s s i b l e form.
1
'METIUS (1)
w e l l enough a t t e s t e d i n CJL. !
Cf. a l s o M. M e t i u s 1
i n Caesar s f
MSS of
p. 241.
Madvig s maczllanluA
f
f o r maAczUuA i n Tarn. 214 (XV.17).2: see VkULol.
M i n u c i i B a s i l i have to be separated.
any doubt.
official.
after 63.
MUSTELA (3)
NIKIAS (17)
i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of C u r t i u s N i c i a s w i t h the t y r a n t of Cos ( N i k i a s [ 1 4 ] )
1
respectively: that ' L u c i u s i s a t t e s t e d s i x times i n MSS against
republican O c t a v i i .
C. ORCIVIUS (1)
written 'Orcivius. 1
C i c e r o , however, i n the OKatoK can only be under-
OTHO ( c f . Roscius [ 2 2 ] )
(22) Otho.
M PACUVIUS ( 4 )
Q. PACUVIUS (5)
PAPIA (15)
VI.23815.
PHILOTIMOS (1)
to the former.
L. POSTUMIUS (15)
Cicero's speech names him i n four p l a c e s (54, 56, 57, 6 9 ) , but never
*PRECILIUS
*PRECIUS
^pHedum^ WLe daAet tanti, cam ka.beA.ct venate, I would read VK.cci.am
and would not have used the word pAaeb i s connexion with a p r i v a t e
transaction. On 'Precianus 1
of Tarn. 29 ( V I I . 8 ) . 2 see below, p. 126.
PUBLILIUS ( c f . 4)
note ad l o c .
T t
* PUBLIUS
(Suppl. p. 27) that 'the MSS readings i n C i c . Fam. 13.43 favour QiUntlo
G a l l u s (CIL I . 1 8 2 0 = IX.4023).
2
T h i s may be r i g h t . But both Munzer
L. RACILIUS (1)
p. 255).
64
1
C. RUBELLIUS 1
(1)
A. 'RUPILIUS 1
(3)
Oppianicus 1
doctor (Clxiznt. 176) f
i s called Rutilius f
i n the
1
L. SABELLIUS 1
(1)
[ 1 9 6 7 ] . p. 227.
f
Q . SALVIDIENUS (4) RUFUS SALVIUS'
*SAPALA
M. SEIUS (4)
35 ( V I I . 1 2 ) . 1 see VELLEIUS.
P. SEPTIMIUS (12)
Or 'Sevius, 1
which i s the p a r a d o s i s i n Vam. 92 ( V I I I . 7 ) . 2 ?
See the f o l l o w i n g .
mentioned by C a e l i u s Rufus i n F a m . 98 ( V I I I . 1 2 ) . 2 f . as P o l a S e r v i u s
! 1
and 'Pola. 1
The i n v e r s i o n suggests that ' S e r v i u s 1
is g&nti£icium
1
are very l i k e l y r e l a t e d . That i s a l l that can be s a i d w i t h confidence
1
'SICURA
f
III.7.8. Munzer s adduction o f the Saguntine Sicoris i n S i l . Ital.
T T
the o r i g i n a l was S c u r r a , found as a s l a v e name i n a number of
Roman i n s c r i p t i o n s ( C I L I and I X , i n d i c e s ) .
67
F
A . S I L I U S ' (3)
1
'SIREGIUS
the trouble.
SPURINNA (2)
' V e s t r i c i u s Spurinna 1
( c f . Tac. Wirt. 11.11) by T y r r e l l and P u r s e r .
'Spurinna 1
i s a gtntilicAum; c f . Gundel, RE V I I I A.1791.23.
N. 'SUFFUSTIUS'
Suhkicium ( f C a t u l l . 54.5).
C AuhuAtLum ( c f . Syme, WUtonJLa., 4 [1955]
SULLA
i n an i n s c r i p t i o n o f 59 (TLLRP 2 0 0 ) .
L. 'TARQUITIUS' ( 2 ; c f . T a r q u i n i u s 10)
P. 'TETTIUS' (3)
of the two, even though the 'p' i n the MSS might be due to the
praenomen.
69
1
'SEX. TETTIUS (4)
f f
C. T I T I U S (41) STRABO
L. TITIUS (42) STRABO
1 1
'Tidius ( ' T e i d i u s ) i s an unexceptionable nomen, and u n l i k e l y to
f f
be a corruption of the r e l a t i v e l y common T i t i u s . I t should there-
22 (1963). pp. 87 f f .
70
'P. TULLIO'
f.), though Vantoltoni i s not impossible. But the name may have
been S e m i t i c .
M. TULLIUS (15)
TUTIA ( c f . T u t i u s )
R&6p. 43.
UMMIUS ( c f . Ummidius [ 1 ] )
L. VALERIUS (62)
l
L . ' VALERIUS (366) TRIARIUS
any support.
72
Welt, f
I [1972], p. 903) a l l governors a f t e r the S u l l a n reforms ( e x -
'VALGIUS' (1)
time (1LLRP 646). For more concerning him see Gundel's entry and
C l a r k has 'Cotylo 1
i n Phil. V.5 and 7, as favoured by the MSS,
f f
but C o t y l a i n V I I I . 2 4 and 28 and X I I I . 2 6 without mention of v a r i a n t .
P. 'VATINIUS' (1)
P. VEDIUS (1)
Augustus 1
f r i e n d P. Vedius (8) P o l l i o : so Syme, J . R . S . 51 (1961).
pp. 23 f f .
C. VELLEIUS (1)
LUCAJUA no&toA.
1
VENNONIUS (5) 'VINDICIUS
1
informer of L i v . I I . 5 . 1 0 (who i n c i d e n t a l l y i s c a l l e d 'Vindex by
1 f
SEX. VENNONIUS (4)
had 6£xto rrujno, which may represent Sexto Junto or Sexto \Jtn[n)io;
( i b i d . 28980).
VERRIUS (1)
Manutius' i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of P a p i r i u s Paetus' f r i e n d V e r r i u s
1
M. V e r r i u s F l a c c u s gewesen i s t (Gundel) can be put a s i d e . I t
*VIDIUS
Varro's r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h C i c e r o and h i s l e g a l e x p e r t i s e , i n h e r i t e d
VOLUMNIA
f
p r o b a b i l i t y Antony s m i s t r e s s , Volumnia C y t h e r i s . The o b j e c t i o n i n
L. 'VOLUSENUS' (2)
The MSS i n ZJbxdnt. 198 (and not merely some of them, as Gundel
ZOSIPPOS
ADOPTIVE NOMENCLATURE
79
ADOPTIVE NOMENCLATURE IN T H E LATE ROMAN REPUBLIC
[1963]. p. 56 n.14).
a L. Aemilius L. f . P a u l l u s adopted by a P. C o r n e l i u s P. f . S c i p i o
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would become 'P. C o r n e l i u s P. f . P. n. S c i p i o Aemilianus. Since
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'Except by way of such f i l i a t i o n s as C . L i v i u s M. A e m i l i a n i f. M.
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n. Drusus (cos. 147, F a s t i C a p i t o l i n i ) and Q. Fabius Q. A e m i l i a n i f .
Q. n. Maximus (cos. 121, Acta Triumphorum).
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82
(Rufus).
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origin. Hadrianus, borne by a f a m i l y of F a b i i , c l e a r l y comes from
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Hadria. 'Trebianus could be adoptive from 'Trebius,' but more
p o l i t i c a l or m i l i t a r y leader s i n g l y or c o l l e c t i v e l y by h i s name ( e . g .
1 f f
'Clodiani, Pompeiani ) could be r e l e v a n t here, as could phenomena
f f
like Iugurthinus a p p l i e d to both Marius and L . Opimius from t h e i r
i
Cicero r e f e r s to t h e f r i e n d s or b u s i n e s s a s s o c i a t e s of h i s protege
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P. Cuspius as ' C u s p i a n i . P a r t i c u l a r l y noteworthy i s C i c e r o ' s f a c e t i o u s
vogue during the Republic, though the well-known case of t h e two sons
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L . S e s t i u s P. f . A l b . i n Onom. p. 6, under C. ALBINIUS).
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Where the adopted son had no previous cognomen the standard pro-
i s f r e e of a l l doubt).
inherited.
The new mode was to c a r r y over the former cognomen along with or
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to p r e f e r t h i s s t y l e to that of Cn. A u f i d i u s A u r e l i a n u s : w i t h the
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i n congratulation, heading h i s l e t t e r (Att. 65 [ I I I . 2 0 ] ) Q. Caecilio
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Q. f . Pomponiano A t t i c o . No doubt the heading i s to some extent
f a c e t i o u s , a s an i n t i m a t e f r i e n d might s t a r t a l e t t e r to a newly
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created B r i t i s h peer My L o r d i n s t e a d of 'Dear Jack.' But o b v i o u s l y
the s t y l e had to be c o r r e c t . An i n t e r e s t i n g f e a t u r e i s t h e i n c l u s i o n
latter.
both adopted son and adopting f a t h e r had cognomina, and i n some cases
Cn. C o r n e l i u s L e n t u l u s V a t i a , ( L . ) L i c i n i u s Crassus S c i p i o , C.
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himself on h i s c o i n s ' L e n t ( u l u s ) M a r ( c e l l i ) f ( i l i u s ) . I t too preserved
r
the M a r c e l l i n i i n the same breath as the M a r c e l l i ( air?. 108 [XV.10J.1
of A u r e l i u s Orestes.
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whose name i s found on c o i n s i n the form 'Albinus B r u t i f . A son of
the l i k e i n C i c e r o ' s l e t t e r s . ^
ist.
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evidence, though meagre, goes to show t h a t S c i p i o s complaint went un-
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who claimed t h a t t h e adoption was i n v a l i d and C l o d i u s a c t s a s Tribune,
tention was not accepted, not even by Cato, who had a d i f f e r e n t axe
g
According to Weinrib (pp. 256 f . ) he 'apparently pretended t h a t no
change of genA had r e s u l t e d . ' According to C i c e r o he l o s t h i s former
hacjuii Vom. 35 AOLQAA Clodiae. ge.ntiA CUA inteAexmt, quod in te. eAt? .
. . tu ne.que. VonteJjuA eA, qui eA&e, de.be.bcu>, ne.que. pa&uA hexeA, nzquz
amiAAiA ACLQAAA pateAniA in hae.c adoptZva ve.niAti. But t h i s must be
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taken a s C i c e r o ' s view, not C l o d i u s .
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'P. L e n t u l u s P. f . '
P. C o r n e l i u s D o l a b e l l a was adopted by a p l e b e i a n C o r n e l i u s
h i s remains d o u b t f u l .
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'L. E q u i t i u s C. f. C a e c i l i a n u s Postimus,' C. L u t t i u s L. f . A u l i a n u s , '
took the t e s t a t o r ' s name (though even that was not compulsory). That
was a l l .
fore the Praetor Urbanus: Schmitthenner, p. 50) the young man used
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P h i l i p p i c s , not only i n t h e o f f i c i a l s t y l e 'C. Caesar C. f . and
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T h e use of the term adoptlo (adoptaAe) to cover i n d i f f e r e n t l y t e s t a -
mentary and other adoptions admittedly proves nothing. But Weinrib's
claim (p. 254 n.34) that the c a s e of C. S t a i e n u s a f f o r d s 'a c l e a r
example of the use of the word adoptaAe to i n d i c a t e a change of name
rather than a formal change of a g n a t i c s t a t u s ' cannot be accepted a s a
legitimate deduction from C i c e r o ' s remark i n oVmt. 241, qui he tp6e
adoptavoAat et de Staleno AeZlum ^ecQAat, which i s s u r e l y only a
hacetLOUA way of s a y i n g (whether t r u l y or not) that S t a i e n u s had no
right to c a l l himself ' A e l i u s ' (though C i c e r o had so c a l l e d him i n
Cluent. 65), a l l u d i n g presumably to some a l l e g e d i r r e g u l a r i t y i n the
procedure. A spurious Church of England clergyman might be d e s c r i b e d as
'self-ordained' without any i m p l i c a t i o n as to t h e v a l i d i t y of A n g l i c a n
orders.
Zt mzmoftla pa/iznta> 6ul. There w i l l have been nothing out of the way
change i n a g n a t i c p o s i t i o n ' ? I am i n c l i n e d to d e t e c t r e l e v a n c e i n a
point: Ji&ddcta e*£ el turn a malonAhuA Atatua pnjo vita, quae muZto*
must needs love Caesar ( i . e . Octavian) among other reasons quod Q.X tarn
Ad. 126 natusui tu ilti patdA CA, conAitiU* ego), i t i s evident t h a t {ill
to show."^
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x,
Cf. Schmitthenner, pp. 48 f . : 'Die Folgen der testamentarischen
Auflage zu Ziehen oder n i c h t , s c h e i n t i n das Belieben des Erben
g e s t e l l t zu s e i n ; der S f f e n t l i c h e UAU* sprach mit. . . . Auf
besondere, f e i e r l i c h e Rechtsformer, deren es etwa zur Erlangung der
Rechtskraft bedurft h a t t e , e r f o l g t k e i n Hinweis. Die L a x h e i t der^
Handhabung f a l l t auf und b e l e u c h t e t den Riickgang des strengen
a l t e n G e s c h l e c h t s r e c h t s . ' But Schmitthenner's p o s i t i o n , as I under-
stand him, i s that properly there were no consequences other than
change of name.
"I Q
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s p e c i f y i n g t h a t the adoption was testamentary M e s s a l l a ( i f he i s P l i n y
f
i n Appian and Dio to the e f f e c t that O c t a v i a n s procedure was i n
twenty.
I n t h i s connexion a l s o the p o s s i b i l i t y of i n d i v i d u a l or f a m i l y
overlooked.
REGISTER OF ADOPTIONS
evidence f o r r e p u b l i c a n procedure.
that given i n t h i s r e g i s t e r .
101
102
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Not 'Avianus or 'Avianius' but 'Avianianus.' He was an A v i a n i u s
A e m i l i u s ' i n 314 ( X I I I . 2 ) .
*C. AFIEPIUS S E S T I A M S
M. ANNEIUS
*ANNlAhlUS
Onom, pp. 8 f .
103
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and elsewhere. Usually (always by C i c e r o ) c a l l e d 'T. Annius or
accord with the evidence. Hts name was probably 'Pacuvius Labeo'
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there c a l l e d simply 'Decianus, but again 'Apuleius Decianus in
Onom. ibid.
AURELTANUS [/)
M. AXIANUS
BUCILUMUS
been a B u c i l i u s adopted by a C a e c i l i u s .
74 [ I V . 2 ] . 5 ) . I n l a t e r correspondence l i k e w i s e he i s sometimes
Q. f. Fab. Metellus P i u s S c i p i o 1
i n two AenatuACOVlAuJttCL ( C i c . Earn. 84
he i s ' S c i p i o 1
( P . S c i p i o ' i n Phil.
f
XIII.29). Varro has ' S c i p i o
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Later L a t i n w r i t e r s follow s u i t . He i s u s u a l l y '(P.) S c i p i o ,
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but sometimes ( a l s o i n P l u t a r c h ) 'Metellus S c i p i o * or ' S c i p i o M e t e l l u s .
and Dio blunder. The former c a l l s him ' A C U K I O S EKITTIWV' (B.C. 11.24,
c f . 1LLR? 111.
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C i c h o r i u s (LztpzlgoA Stud. z. cZ. VhUL. 9 [1887]. p. 237 n.9) pro-
posed SciplonAA ComoJUt (ConndLLotuxm). B e t t e r Sclptonls Connatiionim)
{conndLlo -V)*
109
cos. 54, and thus becoming Ap. Claudius Ap. f . ( c f . JGRR IV.330). His
367 B [XIV.13 B].4; I L S 882) may have been born before the adoption.
follows:
by b i r t h .
i n 43 ( C i c . Earn. 406 [ X I I . 1 5 ] ) he s t y l e s h i m s e l f P. L e n t u l u s P. f .
f
I n a l l p r o b a b i l i t y Cn. Lentulus V a t i a of C i c . £. F t . I I . 3 . 5 =
The opprobrious agnomen ' S a l v i t t o ' ( i f that i s i t s true form) may have
ZaXaxxwv).
C . C0SSUT7US (4) M A R I P I A W U S
Moneyer i n 44 (Crawford 4 8 0 ) .
Vergilius ( 4 ) , t r . p i . 87.
r a t h e r than to patAOAtOA. f
Oddly enough, Munzer d i d not f i n d the
Called 1
Gallius 1
i n C i c . Att. 207 (X.15).4, he w i l l have been
Schmitthenner, pp. 70 f .
5
AA3?vos; Bpouxov xov AGKIUOV, O"V KOU ' I o u v i o v 'AABTvov xe eireKaAouv,
M. JUNIUS BRUTUS
( c f . a l s o RE XXI.15.56).
M. LAENAS CURTIANUS
etc.
M. LICINIUS LUCULLUS
? 1
II.94.1) and Drusus L i v i u s ( I I . 7 1 . 3 ) , i n Dio ( X L V I I I . 4 4 . 1 )
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Livius Drusus.
* C . LUTTIUS A U L I A N U S
f
Son of C i c e r o s great-uncle M. G r a t i d i u s and Maria, s i s t e r to
? 1 1
8 0 ) — b u t never M. Gratidianus. 'Marius G r a t i d i a n u s i n Asconius
A e d i l e a t Fundi, w i t h f i l i a t i o n f
L . f . ' (ILLRP 603).
gentttaiAjurn.
L . PlotluA (= S o l i n . 46.3).
138 f .
T. POMPONIUS ATTICUS
PONUANUS (1)
PONTIUS (19) A U F I P I A M U S
PONTIUS (22) T I T I N I A N U S
century later.
J . R . S . 50 [ I 9 6 0 ] , p. 1 5 ) ; a s 'M. P i s o M. f . F r u g i ' on c o i n s of 61 ( ? )
(JLLR? 603, 6 0 4 ) .
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S a l v i d i e n u s adopted by a S a l v i u s , becoming o f f i c i a l l y Q. Salvius
Q. f . S a l v i d i e n u s ( R u f u s ) . 1
Oh the unchanged gwtAllicAjum i n -lenuA
see p. 82 .
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L. Sempronius L. f . L. n. ' H i s n a t u r a l f a t h e r w i l l have been L.
f
2 (1968). p. 5. On l i t e r a r y and other r e f e r e n c e s to him as (L.
pp. 148 f f .
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The p o s i t i o n of the f i l i a t i o n means nothing. I t could not have been
placed otherwise, s i n c e the adoptive f a t h e r was not a B r u t u s . Cf.
'P. L e n t u l i P. f . ' ( S p i n t h e r ) , e t sim.
130
The Caepio of Q.. IrH. 1.3.7 may be the same. Miinzer's proposed
h i s own t i m e ) .
131
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I n general usage, contemporary and l a t e r , he remained (M.) Brutus'
the l a t t e r ) , ad Bsiut. 3, e t c .
versa. But such a one would hardly have combined h i s new praenomen
C. STAIENUS
y e a r by the names M. T e r e n t i u s f 1
and C. C a s s i u s ' i n l/CAA. I I . 1.60
T
f
(but M. L u c u l l u s 1
i n Cluzwt. 1 3 7 ) . U n o f f i c i a l l y '(M.) L u c u l l u s 1
f 1
has M. L i c i n i u s L u c u l l u s ) . H i s o r i g i n a l praenomen w i l l a l s o have
been 'Marcus.'
1 f 1 1
Murena, A. V a r r o , and 'Murena. See Munzer and S. T r e g g i a r i ,
Murena, c o s . 2 3 , i s r e f e r r e d to by V e l l e i u s ( I I . 9 1 . 2 ) as 'L.
Murena 1
and by Dio ( L I V . 3 . 3 ) as ' L i c i n i u s Murena. 1
Dio could be
1
that the younger Varro Murena was born before the o l d e r s adoption
Q. TITINIUS
[TREBIANUS]
c f . p. 8 2 .
TULL1ANUS (1)
2).
though no r e p u b l i c a n p a r a l l e l i s a v a i l a b l e .
a r c h a e o l o g i c a l evidence i n support.
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