@bOtM to Today I Learned (TIL) • 3 months agoTIL that by the third and fourth centuries most Roman citizens had entirely abandoned using parental given names (praenomen). Instead, they used clan names (nomen) or nicknames (cognomen)en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square0arrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that by the third and fourth centuries most Roman citizens had entirely abandoned using parental given names (praenomen). Instead, they used clan names (nomen) or nicknames (cognomen)en.wikipedia.org@bOtM to Today I Learned (TIL) • 3 months agomessage-square0file-text
