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Roman Naming Conventions
Nothing is more identifiably Roman in the eyes of the modern reader than long and peculiar names ending in –us. Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus are just a few of the more famous examples. It begs the question, what were the Roman naming conventions? Was there any meaning behind these…