List of Roman praenomina

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This is a list of Roman praenomina. See Roman naming convention.

• Amulius
• Appius (Ap.) � only used by gens Claudia.
• Aulus (A.) or Olus � from aula ("palace").
• Camillus � associated with gentes Furia/Arruntia after being fused in the 1st century AD.
• Decius � associated with gens Minatia.
• Decimus (D.) � "tenth".
• Drusus � after Tiberius became a praenomen of gens Claudia.
• Flavius � from flavus ("golden"), imperial praenomen after the 3rd century AD.
• Gaius (C.) � often written as Caius, because abbreviation is "C" and not "G".
• Gnaeus (Cn.) � often written as Cnaeus, similar to Gaius/Caius situation.
• Herius � associated with gens Asinia.
• Kaeso (K.) or Caeso � uncommon.
• Lucius (L.) � from lux ("light"), common.
• Mamercus (Mam.)
• Manius (M'.) � uncommon, "M'." often confused with "M."
• Marcus (M.) � from Mars, common.
• Numerius (N.) � associated with gens Fabia.
• Postumus
• Publius (P.) � from publius ("public"), common.
• Quintus (Q. or Qu.) � "fifth", common.
• Secundus � "second".
• Septimus (Sept.) � "seventh".
• Servius (S. or Ser.) � from servo ("to preserve"), uncommon.
• Sextus (Sex.) � "sixth".
• Spurius (Sp.) � from spurius ("of illegitimate birth").
• Tertius � "third".
• Tiberius (Ti.) � from the river, common.
• Titus (T.) � possibly from titulus ("title of honor"), common.

External links

• Behind the Name: Ancient Roman Names[[de:R�mische Vornamen]]

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_Roman_praenomina" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_praenomina, used under the GNU Free Documentation License