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To: Cronos

I’m looking at the Wikipedia entry for Nero, and it says his name was Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.

Is there a reason why only Nero Caesar was specified as his name in this article?


180 posted on 12/24/2011 11:32:03 AM PST by ChocChipCookie
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To: ChocChipCookie

Good question — because the regular name by which a Roman was called was by his praenomen (family name) and the “tribe name” hence Nero Caesar.


188 posted on 12/25/2011 5:15:18 AM PST by Cronos (Nuke Mecca and Medina now..)
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