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    It has been said in the "welcome mat" thread that the Roman names are "ridiculous". Since that thread isn't exactly the right place to discuss it, I have made this thread.

    Minucius: How exactly did the Roman names work?

    It is easy enough - if time consuming - to edit names. It is possible to edit first names and surnames. If you want anything in between, it either has to be attached to the first or the surname. The surname is inherited; the first one not. If it is possible to change them within these constraints, I can give it a try.

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    First of all what follows applies for the aristocracy - who are the only people we're interested with as characters in the mod, I am sure. (I think it would work just as well for most of the Roman peasantry, but I'm not sure)

    Basically a Roman man's name had 2 or 3 parts. All had a Praenomen (first name) Nomen (clan name) and Cognomen (nickname).
    Nomena were always inherited. Cognomena were usually inherited, but were often particular to an individual (e.g. cognomena like Strabo "Squinty" or Vopiscus "survivor of twins"). Some families did not use cognomena at all. So the basic system in place if it works as I think it does is fairly sound - Praenomena are the first names, Nomen + Cognomen can be treated as the surname.

    The real problem is the the Praenomen, and how it combines with the rest of the name. Families tended to use the same tiny set of praenomena over the generations. e.g. the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar was the son of Gaius Julius Caesar who was the son of... Gaius Julius Caesar. His cousin Lucius Julius Caesar was the son of another Lucius Julius Caesar and had one son, Lucius Julius Caesar. If you ever come across a Julius Caesar in the Republic, his first name will be almost certainly either Gaius, Sextus or Lucius. If you ever came across an important man, he would almost certainly be known by either Aulus, Gaius, Gnaeus, Lucius, Marcus, Publius, Quintus, Titus or Tiberius.

    The use of some praenomens was limited to a single family. For example Appius was used only by the Claudii. Mamercus used only by the Aemilii.

    Women only ever had one official name - the female form of their father's nomen, although within families they were often known by diminutives or by extra names to tell them apart. For the six men I mention above, their daughters, sisters and paternal aunts were all called Julia. All the daughters of men with the Nomen Cornelius would be Cornelia. etc.

    When a man was adopted (adoption worked very differently to how it does in our culture) he took the name of his adoptive father (which was the whole point of adoption, keeping the name alive) but kept part of his birth name in some form as an extra cognomen. This was either an adaption of his nomen at birth, or his original cognomen. Examples of the two are:
    Scipio Aemilianus - he was born as an Aemilius, but when he was adopted by Publius Cornelius Scipio, his name became Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus.
    Brutus (the assasin) - born Marcus Junius Brutus, he was adopted by his uncle Quintus Servilius Caepio, becoming Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus. (he later went back to his birth name.)

    There is the odd exception, but this system holds true for the last centuries of the Republic. It broke down somewhat under the Empire, but that is beyond the scope of the mod, is it not?

    Anyway, I could understand if you didn't want (or couldn't) implement the real way that the Romans used first names. But I think some of the most obvious silly names could be avoided - the list of first names includes quite a few Nomena and Cognomena that were never used as Praenomena, and some that didn't come into play until the Republic was dead and buried. It also has duplicates - Caius and Gaius, Cnaeus and Gnaeus - the names are the same, but confusion has arised because the letter G didn't yet exist when the conventions for Roman initials were developed. Gaius and Gnaeus are generally preferred today, older works tend to use Caius and Cnaeus. Having Augustus in the list is particularly silly - it was a word so awesome in its nature that there is no way it would have been used under the Republic. It is essentially synonymous with Emperor, how we use the word today.

    Sorry if this is confusing, I am not very good at explaining things simply!

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    Well, some of those things are either impossible or well beyond me, but the silly names can be changed. Since I don't have your knowledge, though, I can't do it. But you can, if you want to. It is pretty simple: You go to the ExRM directory and find the file "descr_names". In it, go to the Roman section and place a semi colon ( in front of all of the first and surnames that weren't used. If you want to add any names, you have to add it there and in "descr_names_lookup" and in "names" (in the text folder).

    Good luck

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    Yes I had surmised as much, however the reason I raised this was not so it would or could be fixed for myself (tbh I pay next to no attention to the names and family relationships) but to offer to assist on the historical side if the powers that be wanted to make it more historically accurate in the official mod. After all, Realism is its middle name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caligula Caesar View Post
    Well, some of those things are either impossible or well beyond me, but the silly names can be changed. Since I don't have your knowledge, though, I can't do it. But you can, if you want to. It is pretty simple: You go to the ExRM directory and find the file "descr_names". In it, go to the Roman section and place a semi colon ( in front of all of the first and surnames that weren't used. If you want to add any names, you have to add it there and in "descr_names_lookup" and in "names" (in the text folder).
    So... I have to locate the file "descr_names" to exclude some names with an semicolon?
    For example ;Augustus ?

    In the roman section of "descr_names" there are still different factions like roman_brutii but I guess these are replaced factions? Am I right?

    And if I want to add some names in the text folder... for example Atia... I have to write it the same way like in the file? Like {Atia} Atia

    Sry, I'm a little bit confused :-/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bona Dea View Post
    So... I have to locate the file "descr_names" to exclude some names with an semicolon?
    For example ;Augustus ?
    Yes.

    I
    Quote Originally Posted by Bona Dea View Post
    n the roman section of "descr_names" there are still different factions like roman_brutii but I guess these are replaced factions? Am I right?
    Yes, you are. The Brutii are now the Galatians, nad the Scipii the Britons (and the Britons the Illyrians). It is like that because it is easier to change and existing faction than to make a new one from scratch.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bona Dea View Post
    And if I want to add some names in the text folder... for example Atia... I have to write it the same way like in the file? Like {Atia} Atia
    Yes, just add it like it is in the file.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bona Dea View Post
    Sry, I'm a little bit confused :-/
    Don't worry. Modding is confusing until you get the hang of it.

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    Default Re: Roman Naming System

    If I did know how to name them I would name my best general Constantine.My favorite roman general.

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    Well, it would take quite a lot of research for me (or anyone else - though there doesn't actually seem to be anyone else doing anything for the mod with Quinn not here) to find out exactly with names aren't plausible and which are.

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    No research needed at all really. Reducing the list of first names to the top 11 would make the names a lot more sensible historically.
    If it works as I think it would, it could be further tweaked by having duplicates, to have the most common names pop out more often. I put rough guesstimates of the proportions in parenthesis after the names that I'd retain.

    faction: romans_julii
    characters
    Aulus (2)
    Gaius (10)
    Gnaeus (3)
    Lucius (10)
    Manius (1)
    Marcus (12)
    Publius (9)
    Quintus (5)
    Sextus (3)
    Tiberius (3)
    Titus (3)



    DELETE

    Duplicates with 19th century spelling
    Caius
    Cnaeus

    Duplicate mis-spelled
    Quintis

    Family names, not first names
    Amulius
    Cassius
    Cornelius
    Oppius
    Valerius
    Vibius
    Herennius
    Asinius
    Flavius
    Herius

    Cognomena, not first names
    Julianus
    Lentulus
    Marcellus
    Nero
    Decius
    Augustus

    Valid first names but very very rare or limited to just one or two families
    Kaeso
    Secundus
    Servius
    Spurius
    Appius
    Decimus
    Numerius
    Tertius

    Anachronistic, characters from The Godfather, or seemingly randomly invented
    Galerius
    Luca
    Placus

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    Default Re: Roman Naming System

    Just go to descr_strat and name one of your generals Constantine. Then go to names, descr_names and descr_names_lookup and add Constantine there (under the correct faction in descr_names).

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    Default Re: Roman Naming System

    I'll convert the names on my copy of the mod to be more historical and when Quinn gets back, we'll decide what to do for the 3.5 version. But I'm all for having historical names, even if the list is shorter.

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    I'm afraid we may have to make the 3.5 version ourselves. To be honest, we can hope Quinn will come back, as he is far more knowledgable on modding and on history than any of us here, but we must be realistic...

    BTW, I looked at the Macedonian names, and whilst I don't know every name they used, I am sure they didn't have quite so many in the ruling class. When I look at Alexander's generals and the successor leaders and generals, a few names keep cropping up again and again (e.g. Perdiccas, Menander, Meleagros, Seleukos, Ptolemaios, Antiokhos, Molon and quite a few more).

    Edit: Actually, Quinn logged on today. He just isn't making his presence known (a bit like the invisible man in the sky )
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    Yes, that's why I'm hoping he'll drop a line eventually Then he get sucked in again I have his "to do list" in my PM archive but I'm not sure I understand many of the tasks there. Guess I'll just start by changing the things in the mod that look strange to me... The unit list seems pretty disorganized for example. I also have a larger version of the campaign map which I think exists only in my copy of the mod... I'm not sure for how long will I myself be unoccupied, with other non-mod things, though.

    Alright, let's do the names then. Since we don't have a version control system to keep the same versions of files everywhere, I'll convert mine and send the file to you, ok?

    Edit:
    I've made the changes Minucius suggested. I've moved all the family names into the 'surnames section' and every newly created family name has a variant with every newly created cognomen. I have also multiplied the character names in the list, so they are seen more frequently. The current list of male names is like this:

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    characters
    Aulus
    Aulus
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gnaeus
    Gnaeus
    Gnaeus
    Kaeso
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Manius
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Numerius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Secundus
    Servius
    Sextus
    Sextus
    Sextus
    Spurius
    Tertius
    Tiberius
    Tiberius
    Tiberius
    Titus
    Titus
    Titus
    Appius
    Decimus

    surnames
    Amulius Augustus
    Asinius Augustus
    Cassius Augustus
    Cornelius Augustus
    Flavius Augustus
    Herius Augustus
    Herennius Augustus
    Oppius Augustus
    Valerius Augustus
    Vibius Augustus
    Amulius Decius
    Asinius Decius
    Cassius Decius
    Cornelius Decius
    Flavius Decius
    Herius Decius
    Herennius Decius
    Oppius Decius
    Valerius Decius
    Vibius Decius
    Amulius Julianus
    Asinius Julianus
    Cassius Julianus
    Cornelius Julianus
    Flavius Julianus
    Herius Julianus
    Herennius Julianus
    Oppius Julianus
    Valerius Julianus
    Vibius Julianus
    Amulius Lentulus
    Asinius Lentulus
    Cassius Lentulus
    Cornelius Lentulus
    Flavius Lentulus
    Herius Lentulus
    Herennius Lentulus
    Oppius Lentulus
    Valerius Lentulus
    Vibius Lentulus
    Amulius Lentulus
    Asinius Lentulus
    Cassius Lentulus
    Cornelius Lentulus
    Flavius Lentulus
    Herius Lentulus
    Herennius Lentulus
    Oppius Lentulus
    Valerius Lentulus
    Vibius Lentulus
    Amulius Nero
    Asinius Nero
    Cassius Nero
    Cornelius Nero
    Flavius Nero
    Herius Nero
    Herennius Nero
    Oppius Nero
    Valerius Nero
    Vibius Nero
    Amulius Marcellus
    Asinius Marcellus
    Cassius Marcellus
    Cornelius Marcellus
    Flavius Marcellus
    Herius Marcellus
    Herennius Marcellus
    Oppius Marcellus
    Valerius Marcellus
    Vibius Marcellus
    Acilius Balbus
    Acilius Glabrio
    Aelius Ligus
    Aelius Paetus
    Aemilius Barbula
    Aemilius Lepidus
    Aemilius Papus
    Aemilius Paullus
    Aemilius Scaurus
    Afranius
    Anicius Gallus
    Annius Luscus
    Annius Rufus
    Antonius
    Appuleius Pansa
    Apustius Fullo
    Aquilius
    Asinius Pollio
    Atilius Bulbus
    Atilius Calatinus
    Atilius Regulus
    Atilius Serranus
    Aufidius Orestes
    Aurelius Cotta
    Aurelius Orestes
    Aurelius Scaurus
    Baebius Tamphilus
    Caecilius Metellus
    Calpurnius Bestia
    Calpurnius Bibulus
    Calpurnius Piso
    Calvisius Sabinus
    Caninius Gallus
    Carvilius Marcellus
    Cassius Longinus
    Cilnius Maecenas
    Claudius Caecus
    Claudius Marcellus
    Claudius Nero
    Clodius Pulcher
    Cocceius Nerva
    Coelius Caldus
    Cornelius Arvina
    Cornelius Cethegus
    Cornelius Cinna
    Cornelius Dolabella
    Cornelius Lentulus
    Cornelius Scipio
    Cornelius Sulla
    Curius Dentatus
    Decius Mus
    Domitius Ahenobarbus
    Domitius Calvinus
    Domitius Corbulo
    Fabius Licinus
    Fabius Maximus
    Fabius Pictor
    Fabricius Luscinus
    Flavius Fimbria
    Fufius Calenus
    Fulvius Centumalus
    Fulvius Flaccus
    Fulvius Nobilior
    Fulvius Paetinus
    Fundanius Fundulus
    Furius Camillus
    Furius Philus
    Gabinius
    Gellius Publicola
    Helvius Cinna
    Hostilius Mancinus
    Iulius Caesar
    Iunius Brutus
    Iunius Pera
    Iunius Silanus
    Licinius Crassus
    Licinius Lucullus
    Licinius Murena
    Livius Drusus
    Livius Salinator
    Lutatius Catulus
    Mallius Maximus
    Mamilius Vitulus
    Manlius Torquatus
    Manlius Vulso
    Marcius Philippus
    Marcius Rex
    Marcius Tremulus
    Marius
    Minucius Rufus
    Mucius Scaevola
    Munatius Plancus
    Otacilius Crassus
    Papirius Carbo
    Papirius Cursor
    Papirius Maso
    Plautius Silvanus
    Poetelius Libo
    Pompeius
    Pomponius Matho
    Popillius Laenas
    Porcius Cato
    Porcius Licinus
    Postumius Albinus
    Postumius Megellus
    Publicius Malleolus
    Publilius Philo
    Pupius Piso
    Quinctius Crispinus
    Quinctius Flaminius
    Rutilius Lupus
    Rutilius Rufus
    Scribonius Curio
    Scribonius Libo
    Sempronius Blaesus
    Sempronius Gracchus
    Sempronius Longus
    Sempronius Tuditanus
    Servilius Caepio
    Servilius Isauricus
    Sextius Calvinus
    Sulpicius Galba
    Sulpicius Rufus
    Terentius Varro
    Tullius Cicero
    Tullius Decula
    Valerius Corvus
    Valerius Falto
    Valerius Flaccus
    Valerius Laevinus
    Valerius Rufus
    Valerius Messalla
    Veturius Philo
    Vibius Pansa
    Vipsanius Agrippa

    I'll need confirmation on the historicity of all the surnames from 'Acilius Balbus' onwards. Thanks for the help

    Edit2:
    Oh a small fly in the soup that just came to mind: This is the pool from which *all* character names are formed, not just those of the family members. Meaning that we'll have just the same probability of having assassins named Gaius as we'll have of having a faction leader by the same name...

    BTW - do I have to make the same number of duplicates in the descr_name_lookup.txt file?
    Last edited by Antonov; August 08, 2009 at 02:15 AM.

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    Ok some things have been lost in translation I think.

    First of all, I'd get rid of Augustus completely. It in effect means Emperor, so it's ahistorical for the period the mod is set in. The combinations of Lentulus, Nero etc. with all the nomena are not really a good idea either, only a few of the combinations were ever used.

    The issue with the names for spies and assassins is not the first names - as far as I know the common people used the same restricted set of names - but rather they'll all have names of the nobility. You can rationalise this a little bit - when a foreigner was given citizenship (including manumission of a slave), a common practice, he'd inherit the praenomen and nomen of his patron/master and keep his original name as a cognomen. A couple of examples: the famous Cicero had a slave called Tiro, when he freed that slave Tiro became Marcus Tullius Tiro. Caesar had two enormously rich bankers (uncle and nephew) who were originally Spanish and their original family name was Byblos, when they got Roman citizenship, officially from a Lucius Cornelius, they both became Lucius Cornelius Balbus (Balbus being a Latin cognomen closest to their own name). It's still far from perfect as noble and the more common man wouldn't share the same cognomena usually, but it's about the best you can do.

    From the list stating Acilius Balbus on most of the names look ok. I'd delete two
    Porcius Licinus (it's both wrong - Licinianus would be the name - and a very rare case at that time - essentially a Marcus Porcius Cato usually known to us as Cato the Censor had two wives, the second of which was the daughter of a freed slave. Two tell the two lines of descendents apart they were referred to as the Porcii Liciniani and the Porcii Salonianii, but they didn't really use Licinianus or Salonianus as part of their names). Taking the name of your mother as a cognomen was common practice only under the Empire (an example is the emperor Vespasian, Titus Flavius Vespasianus whose father was Titus Flavius Sabinus and mother was Vespasia).
    Vipsanius Agrippa - a name that only came to prominence under the empire in the form of Augustus' right hand man who had humble origins.

    Sorry if it's muddled, I know it's complicated if you're new to it, but I figure it's best to justify anything I suggest.

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    No, it's very interesting actually, for a guy who hasn't time to read the real history books You really know these things inside out, do you teach Roman history somewhere?

    I have deleted the Augusts and Nero blocks of names. There was also an occasional Claudius Nero in the original set of surnames, I deleted that one too. So, current list of male names:
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    characters
    Aulus
    Aulus
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gaius
    Gnaeus
    Gnaeus
    Gnaeus
    Kaeso
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Lucius
    Manius
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Marcus
    Numerius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Publius
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Quintus
    Secundus
    Servius
    Sextus
    Sextus
    Sextus
    Spurius
    Tertius
    Tiberius
    Tiberius
    Tiberius
    Titus
    Titus
    Titus
    Appius
    Decimus
    surnames
    Amulius Decius
    Asinius Decius
    Cassius Decius
    Cornelius Decius
    Flavius Decius
    Herius Decius
    Herennius Decius
    Oppius Decius
    Valerius Decius
    Vibius Decius
    Amulius Julianus
    Asinius Julianus
    Cassius Julianus
    Cornelius Julianus
    Flavius Julianus
    Herius Julianus
    Herennius Julianus
    Oppius Julianus
    Valerius Julianus
    Vibius Julianus
    Amulius Lentulus
    Asinius Lentulus
    Cassius Lentulus
    Cornelius Lentulus
    Flavius Lentulus
    Herius Lentulus
    Herennius Lentulus
    Oppius Lentulus
    Valerius Lentulus
    Vibius Lentulus
    Amulius Lentulus
    Asinius Lentulus
    Cassius Lentulus
    Cornelius Lentulus
    Flavius Lentulus
    Herius Lentulus
    Herennius Lentulus
    Oppius Lentulus
    Valerius Lentulus
    Vibius Lentulus
    Amulius Marcellus
    Asinius Marcellus
    Cassius Marcellus
    Cornelius Marcellus
    Flavius Marcellus
    Herius Marcellus
    Herennius Marcellus
    Oppius Marcellus
    Valerius Marcellus
    Vibius Marcellus
    Acilius Balbus
    Acilius Glabrio
    Aelius Ligus
    Aelius Paetus
    Aemilius Barbula
    Aemilius Lepidus
    Aemilius Papus
    Aemilius Paullus
    Aemilius Scaurus
    Afranius
    Anicius Gallus
    Annius Luscus
    Annius Rufus
    Antonius
    Appuleius Pansa
    Apustius Fullo
    Aquilius
    Asinius Pollio
    Atilius Bulbus
    Atilius Calatinus
    Atilius Regulus
    Atilius Serranus
    Aufidius Orestes
    Aurelius Cotta
    Aurelius Orestes
    Aurelius Scaurus
    Baebius Tamphilus
    Caecilius Metellus
    Calpurnius Bestia
    Calpurnius Bibulus
    Calpurnius Piso
    Calvisius Sabinus
    Caninius Gallus
    Carvilius Marcellus
    Cassius Longinus
    Cilnius Maecenas
    Claudius Caecus
    Claudius Marcellus
    Clodius Pulcher
    Cocceius Nerva
    Coelius Caldus
    Cornelius Arvina
    Cornelius Cethegus
    Cornelius Cinna
    Cornelius Dolabella
    Cornelius Lentulus
    Cornelius Scipio
    Cornelius Sulla
    Curius Dentatus
    Decius Mus
    Domitius Ahenobarbus
    Domitius Calvinus
    Domitius Corbulo
    Fabius Licinus
    Fabius Maximus
    Fabius Pictor
    Fabricius Luscinus
    Flavius Fimbria
    Fufius Calenus
    Fulvius Centumalus
    Fulvius Flaccus
    Fulvius Nobilior
    Fulvius Paetinus
    Fundanius Fundulus
    Furius Camillus
    Furius Philus
    Gabinius
    Gellius Publicola
    Helvius Cinna
    Hostilius Mancinus
    Iulius Caesar
    Iunius Brutus
    Iunius Pera
    Iunius Silanus
    Licinius Crassus
    Licinius Lucullus
    Licinius Murena
    Livius Drusus
    Livius Salinator
    Lutatius Catulus
    Mallius Maximus
    Mamilius Vitulus
    Manlius Torquatus
    Manlius Vulso
    Marcius Philippus
    Marcius Rex
    Marcius Tremulus
    Marius
    Minucius Rufus
    Mucius Scaevola
    Munatius Plancus
    Otacilius Crassus
    Papirius Carbo
    Papirius Cursor
    Papirius Maso
    Plautius Silvanus
    Poetelius Libo
    Pompeius
    Pomponius Matho
    Popillius Laenas
    Porcius Cato
    Postumius Albinus
    Postumius Megellus
    Publicius Malleolus
    Publilius Philo
    Pupius Piso
    Quinctius Crispinus
    Quinctius Flaminius
    Rutilius Lupus
    Rutilius Rufus
    Scribonius Curio
    Scribonius Libo
    Sempronius Blaesus
    Sempronius Gracchus
    Sempronius Longus
    Sempronius Tuditanus
    Servilius Caepio
    Servilius Isauricus
    Sextius Calvinus
    Sulpicius Galba
    Sulpicius Rufus
    Terentius Varro
    Tullius Cicero
    Tullius Decula
    Valerius Corvus
    Valerius Falto
    Valerius Flaccus
    Valerius Laevinus
    Valerius Rufus
    Valerius Messalla
    Veturius Philo
    Vibius Pansa


    What can we do about female names though? You say they changed after the husband's first name but we can't code that into the game logic And if we change their names to the feminine counterparts of the male names we risk depicting a very spoiled roman society where every man's wife cheats on him

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    Quote Originally Posted by Antonov View Post
    No, it's very interesting actually, for a guy who hasn't time to read the real history books You really know these things inside out, do you teach Roman history somewhere?
    No I don't teach it, but I read a lot of it. The names can be very humourus as well. Two that come to mind are Sesquiculus, literally :wub:-and-a-half (although usually euphemised as meaning one and a half buttocks ), and another was Culleolus "wrinkly scrotum". Toilet humour is definitely not a modern invention.

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    Why isn't there a Julius in the list of names?
    Caius Valerius Messala
    Patrician

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    Quote Originally Posted by stormer View Post
    Why isn't there a Julius in the list of names?
    There is a "Iulius Caesar" Probably you just searched for Julius. Or you mean in the list of first names?

    @Caligula Caresar: Thanks I removed Claudius Nero because of the "Nero". I experienced the CTD myself but wasn't much surprised after reading about your problems with that after changing the names. Have you tried creating the same amount of duplicates you have in descr_names.txt but make it in descr_names_lookup.txt as well? I can't test it right now because I'm busy composing a map of the provinces with elephant resource.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Antonov View Post
    There is a "Iulius Caesar" Probably you just searched for Julius. Or you mean in the list of first names?

    @Caligula Caresar: Thanks I removed Claudius Nero because of the "Nero". I experienced the CTD myself but wasn't much surprised after reading about your problems with that after changing the names. Have you tried creating the same amount of duplicates you have in descr_names.txt but make it in descr_names_lookup.txt as well? I can't test it right now because I'm busy composing a map of the provinces with elephant resource.
    Oh yes I forgot about the I as I was looking for a Julius.
    Caius Valerius Messala
    Patrician

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    How do I add a surname?

    I was going to play an Epirote campaign, and saw that Pyrrhus is called Pyrrhus and not Pyrrhus of Epirus.
    How can I add the "of Epirus" to his name. Thats what he's named in the descr.stat file!

    How would I change that?

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