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What are your favorite Ancient Roman names?
Male and/or female, whichever. Why do you like/love them?
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Thank you for your answers! =)

This message was edited 12/9/2011, 6:52 AM

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I think there should really be two categories here: one for 'ancient classics' (those ancient names that do not go out of style and are still used, i.e. Aurelia, Cecilia, Felix) and 'ancient antiquated' (those names not commonly used, if ever, today).
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I confuse Greek and Roman all the time, so if some of these are Greek...Minerva
Apollo
Augustus
Caesar
Aurora (love!)
Cassius

This message was edited 12/8/2011, 4:19 PM

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Ahenobarbus! (+)also I love Augustus, Ianuarius / Januarius, Nonus, Rufus, and Secundus. And if Aquinus counts, that too.Oh, and Virginia, didn't realize that was an Ancient Roman name. We'd use that one, unlike the rest.
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Pretty much all of them! I love Ancient Roman names. :D
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4 years of Latin in high school made me very fond of Ancient Roman names...Antonia, Cassia, Silvia, Caecilia, Aurelia, Tulia, OctaviaAurelius, Caius, Cassian, Pompey,
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I like Flavia and Aurelia and Aurelius.
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Aurelia - love this name a lot. Also like Aura for nn
June
Luna
Maia
Sabina
TatianaArthur
Blaise
MarcusI don't seem to have that many roman names. I much prefer Ancient Greek :)
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I love Roman names!Boys (I like the English/French -an endings better than the -ianus endings does that count?):
Aurelian/Aurelius
Octavian/Octavius
Tertius
Aulus
Aemilius
Junius
Valerian/Valerius
Caius
Severin/us
Cassius
Flavius
MariusGirls:
Aurelia
Severina
Livia
Prisca
Junia
Herminia
Drusilla
Crispina
Eudoxia
Albia
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Livia and Aurelius or Augustus
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Octavia is my fave for a girl. It's offbeat in a lovely way.For a boy, I like Caius. It's strong sounding without being too harsh and heavy of a name.Other faves:
Cassia - It sounds sophisticated yet almost playful.
Flavia - For the same reason I like Cassia.
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Julius and JuniaI love ancient Roman names. My favourites are: Caesar
Caius
Cassius
Cato
Gaius
Julius
Junius
Livius
Lucius
Maximus
Octavius
Rufus
Titus
Vitus(Yeah, I like names that end with -us.)Aurelia
Cassia
Cornelia
Decima
Junia
Livia
Liviana
Octavia
Severina
Tullia

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Rufus and TulliaThey both sound so happy to me. :)
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Tullia is awesome.
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Aelia!
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