by Aldus Marius on Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:38 am
Ave, mi Curio, et Salvete omnes...
> An exercise in Medievalism, Mari? What's wrong with Lucius?
Nothing wrong with it so much, amice; there's just nothing terribly right with it, either, for me. Back when the planets were condensing from clouds of gas, I chose my Roman name...or the meaningful part of it anyway; I was a Marius. But I had to have both prae- and post-nomina, did I not? The cognomen Fimbria lasted several years (I really do have magnificent bangs), but acquired a foul taste after my time in the OP. After a brief, I-don't-know-what-to-do-but-I-have-to-do-something period as Aurelianus, I found the 'nick' that said it all, and became Marius Peregrinus: Peregrinus the Wanderer, the Pilgrim, the Foreigner, the Exile, and the falconer's most coveted companion. I am all of these things, and more that are not described by my name; but Peregrinus comes very close to summing me up. (The Wolf has the same wanderlust and indomitable nature, so I let the Falcon stand for them both.)
But the praenomen... There were only ever a few dozen Roman given names in circulation at any given time, and only three were in use by gens Maria. I was not terribly impressed with any of them. I donned "Lucius" as a placeholder, nothing more. You may measure my patience with the situation by how long it took me to find a praenomen that I could feel in my soul. Now that I have, I am nudging people about making the change.
Betwixt-and-Between,
Aldus Marius Peregrinus.