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Postumus (praenomen)

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Postumus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was most common during the early centuries of the Roman Republic. [1]

26 relations: Aebutia (gens), Antistia (gens), August Pauly, Cognomen, Cominia (gens), Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX, False etymology, Georg Wissowa, Given name, Livia (gens), Marcus Terentius Varro, Mimesia (gens), Opiter (praenomen), Parallel Lives, Plautia (gens), Plutarch, Postumia (gens), Praenomen, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Roman Republic, Sempronia (gens), Sulla, Sulpicia (gens), Surname, Valerius Maximus, Veturia (gens).

Aebutia (gens)

The gens Aebutia was a Roman family that was prominent during the early Republic.

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Antistia (gens)

The gens Antistia, sometimes written Antestia on coins, was a plebeian family at Rome.

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August Pauly

August Friedrich von Pauly (9 May 1796, Benningen am Neckar – 2 May 1845, Stuttgart) was a German educator and classical philologist.

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Cognomen

A cognomen (Latin plural cognomina; from con- "together with" and (g)nomen "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions.

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Cominia (gens)

The gens Cominia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, known from the earliest days of the Republic.

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Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX

Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX ("nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as De factis dictisque memorabilibus or Facta et dicta memorabilia) by Valerius Maximus (c. 20 BCE – c. CE 50) was written around CE 30 or 31.

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False etymology

A false etymology (popular etymology, etymythology, pseudo-etymology, or par(a)etymology), sometimes called folk etymology – although the last term is also a technical term in linguistics - is a popularly held but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word.

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Georg Wissowa

Georg Otto August Wissowa (17 June 1859 – 11 May 1931) was a German classical philologist born in Neudorf, near Breslau.

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Given name

A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.

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Livia (gens)

The gens Livia was an illustrious plebeian family at ancient Rome.

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC – 27 BC) was an ancient Roman scholar and writer.

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Mimesia (gens)

The gens Mimesia was an obscure Roman family, known almost entirely from a famous inscription on the cistern at the Cathedral of San Rufino in Assisi, dating to the first century BC.

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Opiter (praenomen)

Opiter is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was used primarily during the early centuries of the Roman Republic.

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Parallel Lives

Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD.

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Plautia (gens)

The gens Plautia, sometimes written Plotia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos,; c. CE 46 – CE 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος) was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.

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Postumia (gens)

The gens Postumia was an ancient and noble Patrician family at Rome.

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Praenomen

The praenomen (plural: praenomina) was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child.

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Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

The Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, commonly called the Pauly–Wissowa or simply RE, is a German encyclopedia of classical scholarship.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Sempronia (gens)

The gens Sempronia was a Roman family of great antiquity.

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Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (c. 138 BC – 78 BC), known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman.

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Sulpicia (gens)

The gens Sulpicia was one of the most ancient patrician families at Rome, and produced a succession of distinguished men, from the foundation of the Republic to the imperial period.

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Surname

A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family (or tribe or community, depending on the culture).

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Valerius Maximus

Valerius Maximus was a Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX ("nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as De factis dictisque memorabilibus or Facta et dicta memorabilia) Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX.

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Veturia (gens)

The gens Veturia, originally Vetusia, was an ancient patrician family of the Roman Republic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumus_(praenomen)

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