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What (who) is Agnomen - definition
Agnomen
NICKNAME IN THE ROMAN NAMING CONVENTION
An agnomen (; plural: agnomina), in the Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the cognomen was initially. However, the cognomina eventually became family names, so agnomina were needed to distinguish between similarly named persons.
Agnomen
NICKNAME IN THE ROMAN NAMING CONVENTION
·noun An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.
II. Agnomen ·noun An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.
