Salvete Romani,
Just a question. A Latin proverb goes "nomen est omen" (the name is an omen); in other words the hope (or fear) is expressed that one will become or has become what his name means.
But I wonder. Most Roman praenomina were actually ranking numbers and didn't mean anything at all. And do names like Lucius, Gaius or Marcus have a meaning? Or did they mean cognomina? Can anyone enlighten me on this?
Valete bene,
Scorpio