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From: Ben Yalow <ybmcu@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: AKICIF: Latin (Well, Roman) Question
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 04:52:36 -0000 (UTC)
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In <vikgqf$3cpv9$1@dont-email.me> "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> writes:

>Gaius Julius Caesar is never called "Caesar Julius", or "Julius Gaius", 
>and Marcus Aurelius is never "Aurelius Marcus", so why is Cassius Dio 
>also known as Dio Cassius?

ACOUP just had an article on Roman naming conventions a week ago.

https://acoup.blog/2024/11/22/fireside-friday-november-22-2024-roman-naming-conventions/

Ben


>Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn <http://leepers.us/evelyn>
>Patriotism means to stand by the country.
>It does not mean to stand by the president...
>-- Theodore Roosevelt


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