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Aldus Marius wrote:often we don't know anything about them but their name on a funerary inscription, maybe a little about what they did, and that someone loved or respected them. Surely there's a story out there that strikes a chord?
Aldus Marius wrote:Salve, mi Silvane!
Until a person actually does identify with a Roman gens, it's probably better not to apply for citizenship in Nova Roma. I speak from excruciating experience: Names are a bitch to change over there. In the Societas it's no trouble at all; you PM me, I tweak it, you let your pals on the Board know what the new one is so they know it's still you. So this is a pretty good place to experiment with names until you find that special One, the one that means *you*, your fine Roman self. Don't feel bad if it takes a few tries. Mine did not reach its final form for thirteen years!
In amicitia et fide,
Aldus Marius wrote:Salve, mi Silvane!
Most Latinisations of modern names I've seen are horrible, and the ones in Nova Roma are an atrocity on a par with Abu Ghraib.
Ideally, once someone has puttered around in ancient history and culture, he or she would find a gens or an individual with whom s/he felt some connection, and then select a name accordingly. Nomen: a gens they like; praenomen: any attested one that suits the applicant; cognomen: whatever their nickname would be if they could pick one, translated. I feel it's more, rather than less, personal that way; your modern name was foisted upon you at birth, but a Roman name (and identity) is something you craft for yourself.
Until a person actually does identify with a Roman gens, it's probably better not to apply for citizenship in Nova Roma. I speak from excruciating experience: Names are a bitch to change over there. In the Societas it's no trouble at all; you PM me, I tweak it, you let your pals on the Board know what the new one is so they know it's still you. So this is a pretty good place to experiment with names until you find that special One, the one that means *you*, your fine Roman self. Don't feel bad if it takes a few tries. Mine did not reach its final form for thirteen years!
There were maybe a billion Romans total in all of ancient history, not all of them famous, but all deserving to be remembered. Soldiers, craftsmen, farmers, laborers, businessmen and -women; often we don't know anything about them but their name on a funerary inscription, maybe a little about what they did, and that someone loved or respected them. Surely there's a story out there that strikes a chord?
In amicitia et fide,
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