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Roman Nicknames

Famous nicknames from ancient Roman history.
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Last updated: March 13, 2016
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236 BCE
After he defeated Hannibal at Zama, Scipio received his famous agnomen.
Africanus
234 BCE
Elder hardliner who espoused Roman virtue. His cognomen was a nickname.
Cato the Elder
106 BCE
Julius Caesar's major rival for power went by this shortening of his praenomen.
Pompey the Great
83 BCE
Cleopatra's last boyfriend, the hero of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".
Marc Antony
63 BCE
Eventually synonymous with "emperor", Octavian's self-styled honorific.
Augustus
c. 59 BCE
Historian and friend of the Julio-Claudians, how Titus Livius was better known
Livy
12 CE
As a boy, soldiers called this eventual crazy emperor "Little Boots," and it stuck.
Caligula
23 CE
Naturalist and author who died in Mt Vesuvius eruption, uncle to the Younger.
Pliny the Elder
c. 173 CE
His nickname means "the Thracian". First barbarian emperor.
Maximinus Thrax
188 CE
Brutal emperor, killed his brother Geta, his Gallic cloak became his namesake.
Caracalla
203 CE
Cousin to the previous, 14 year old emperor, fancied himself god of the sun.
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