In <vikgqf$3cpv9$[email protected]> "Evelyn C. Leeper" <[email protected]> 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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