Re: CHAT: Middle Initials

> Gaius J. Caesar
> Gaius V. Catullus
> Marcus T. Cicero
> Quintus H. Flaccus
> Titus L. Carus
> Gaius P. Secundus
> Gaius S. Crispinus
> Publius T. Afer
> Publius V. Maro
The way I've usually seen Roman names in scholarship is with an
abbreviated praenomen and full gens and cognomen, i.e.:

G. Iulius Caesar
C. Valerius Catullus
M. Tullius Cicero
T. Lucretius Carus
P. Vergilius Maro

Since the Romans were not terribly imaginative with praenomines, and
only had one or two beginning with each letter, they could be safely
abbreviated and well understood.

> Ray.
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