Conflict of Orders

Roman Characters of senatorial rank will typically have three names. Praenomen, nomen, and cognomen

Some examples, but not exhaustive:

Praenomen (First Names): Appius, Aulus, Decimus, Faustus, Gaius, Gnaeus, Lucius, Manius, Marcus, Numerius, Oppius, Publius, Quintus, Servius, Sextus, Tiberius, Titus


Nomen (Clan Names): Abudius, Aeternius, Afranius, Albinius, Albius, Antius, Appuleius, Aquilius, Atrius, Caecilius, Caedicius, Caelius, Calidius, Calpurnius, Calvisius, Caninius, Cassius, Catilius, Cicereius, Claudius, Cloelius, Cocceius, Comicius, Cominius, Cornelius, Cornuficius, Curius, Curtius, Decius, Dexius, Didius, Domitius, Duilius, Equitius, Fabius, Fabricius, Flaminius, Flavius, Folius, Fulvius, Furius, Gabinius, Geganius, Gellius, Genucius, Helvius, Herennius, Hermenius, Hirtius, Horatius, Hortensius, Iulius, Iunius, Iuventius, Labienus, Laelius, Larcius, Laronius, Licinius, Livius, Lucilius, Lucretius, Lutatius, Manlius, Marcius, Marius, Memmius, Menenius, Minicius, Modius, Mucius, Munatius, Naevius, Nautius, Nerius, Nigidius, Nonius, Norbanus, Numicius, Octavius, Ogulnius, Opimius, Oppius, Otacilius, Ovidius, Ovinius, Ovius, Papirius, Pedius, Peducaeus, Perpenna, Pinarius, Plautius, Pleminius, Poetelius, Pompeius, Pomponius, Pontius, Popillius, Porcius, Postumius, Publilius, Pupius, Quintilius, Quintius, Rabuleius,Romilius,Roscius, Rutilius, Salonius, Sallustius, Salvius, Scribonius, Sellius, Sempronius, Sentius, Sergius, Sertorius, Servilius, Sestius, Sicinius,Sosius, Statilius, Suetonius, Sulpicius, Tarpeius, Tarquinius, Tarquitius, Terentius, Tetrilius, Titinius, Titurius, Titurnius, Trebellius, Trebius, Trebonius, Tuccius, Tullius, Valerius, Vatinius, Ventidius, Vergilius, Veturius, Villius, Vipsanius, Virginius, Vitellius, Vibius, Vitruvius, Volcatius, and Volumnius


Cognomen

Cognomen (Family Name/Nickname):
Adjutor – the helper
Adventor – the visitor
Agelastus – he who doesn’t laugh
Agricola – the farmer
Agrippa – he who was born feet first
Ahala – cognomen of gens Servilia
Albinus – cognomen of gens Postumia
Amandus – loveable
Ancus – crooked/bent
Aper – the boar
Aquila – the eagle
Aquilinus – eagle-like
Aquilius – brown
Arcarius – he who deals with money/cash
Armiger – he who bear arms
Arvina – the fat one
Asellio – the keeper of donkeys
Asina – the female donkey
Asprenas – rough/hard
Audens – the daring
Auspex – the diviner
Avitus – he who takes after his grandfather
Balbillus – Probably diminutive of Balbus
Balbus – he who stutters
Barbatus – the bearded one
Baro – the dunce
Bassus – the plump (i.e. fat) one
Bellator – the fighter / the warmonger
Bellicus – warlike
Bellus – good-looking
Bestius – the animal
Bibaculus – heavy drinker
Bibulus – he who doesn’t refuse a drink.
Blandus – flattering
Bonifatus – he on whom fate smiles
Brocchus – toothy
Brutus – the stupid, foolish one
Burrus – the red haired one
Buteo – the buzzard
Caecina – cognomen of gens Licinia
Caecus – the blind
Caelestis – the heavenly one
Caepio – the onion vendor
Caesar – with the fine head of hair
Caldus – hot tempered
Calvinus – cognomen of gentes Domitia & Veturia
Calvus – the bald
Camillus – a child who helped during sacrifices
Candidus – the bright, the white
Capito – he who has a big head
Caprarius – the goat keeper
Carbo – charcoal
Carinus – (nut) brown
Carnifex – the executioner
Cascus – the archaic
Castus – the pure, chaste one
Catilina – cognomen of gens Sergia
Cato – cognomen of gens Porcia
Catulus – calf, cognomen of gens Lutatia
Catus – the shrewd
Celatus – the hidden
Celeris – the quick
Celsus – high, tall
Cerinthus – waxy
Cethegus – cognomen of gens Cornelia
Cicero – chick pea
Cimber – the Cimbrian
Cinna – cognomen of gens Cornelia
Citus – the swift
Clarus – the famous
Clemens – the forgiving
Collatinus – cognomen of gens Tarquinia
Columella – little column
Commodus – favourable
Concessus – the gift; granted
Constans – the reliable
Corbulo – little basket
Cordus – late-born
Cornutus – horned
Corvinus – like a crow
Corvus – the crow, cognomen of gens Valeria
Cotta – cognomen of Gens Aurelia
Crassus – the fat
Crispinus – the curled
Crispus – he who has curly hair
Culleolus – leather sack
Curio – priest of a Curia
Cursor – the swift
Damasippus – cognomen of gens Licinia
Disertus – the eloquent
Dolabella – the pick-axe
Drusus – cognomen of gens Livia
Durus – the hard
Eugenius – born from a good family
Fabillus – little Fabius, from the gens Fabia
Facilis – the easy
Falco – the falcon
Familiaris – the householder
Felix – the lucky
Festus – the merry
Fidelis – the faithful
Figulus – the potter
Fimbria – the fringe
Firmus – the firm
Flaccus – the floppy, with floppy ears
Florens – blossoming
Florus – the flowery
Fortunatus – the fortunate
Fronto – he who has a prominent forehead
Frugi – the fruit
Frugius – the fruitful
Fuscus – the dark, the dark-haired
Gemellus – the twin
Germanus – blood-relative
Geta – the Getan (a Thracian tribe), cognomen of
gens Licinia
Glabrio – the hairless, cognomen of gens Acilia
Glaucia – the bleater
Gracchus – cognomen of gens Sempronia
Gracilis – the slender
Gratus – welcome
Hilarus – the cheerful
Homullus – the midget
Humilis – the low-born
Ingenuus – born of free (respectable) parents
Iustus – the just
Laeca – cognomen of gens Portia
Laenas – cognomen of gens Popillia
Laevinus – from the Laevi, an Italian tribe
Lateranus – cognomen of gentes Claudia & Sextia
Lentulus – the slow, cognomen of gens Cornelia
Lepidus – the charming
Libo – cognomen of gentes Marcia & Scribonia
Ligur – the Ligurian, a celtic tribe, cognomen of
gentes Aelia & Octavia
Longus – the tall
Longinus – cognomen of gens Cassia
Lucullus – small grove, cognomen of gens Licinia
Lupus – the wolf, cognomen of gens Rutilia
Lurco – the glutton
Macro – the big
Maius – born in May
Maior – born first
Mancinus – cognomen of gens Mucia
Mansuetus – the mild
Marcellinus – little Marcellus
Marcellus – little Marcus
Marinus – the sailor
Maritimus – of the sea
Maro – cognomen of Vergilia
Maternus – related to mater
Mercator – the merchant
Merula – the blackbird
Messala – cognomen of gens Valeria
Messor – the reaper
Metellus – the army follower
Moderatus – the temperate
Montanus – of the mountains
Murena – the moray (eel), cognomen of gens
Licinia
Mus – the mouse, the rat
Musa – the muse or a poet
Musicus – musical
Nasica – having a thin, long nose
Naso – the nose, cognomen of gens Ovidia
Natalis – on the birthday
Nepos – grandchild
Nero – cognomen of gens Claudia
Nerva – cognomen of gentes Cocceia & Silia
Nigellus – diminutive of Niger, black/dark
Niger – black/dark
Nigrinus – related to Niger, black/dark
Oceanus – he who lives by the ocean
Optatus – chosen, desired
Otho – cognomen of gens Roscia
Paenula – wearing a hooded travelling cloak
Paetus – blinking
Pansa – he who walks with his legs spread
Pappus – old man
Pastor – shepherd
Paterculus – daddy
Paternus – fatherly
Patiens – the patient
Paulinus – a little, a small quantity
Paulus – a little, a small quantity, a small thing
Pavo – the peacock
Pennus – sharp
Peregrinus – the foreigner
Pertinax – stubborn
Pictor – the painter
Pilatus – dense, armed with a pilum
Piso – the mortar, cognomen of gens Calpurnia
Placidus – the peaceful
Plautus – flat footed
Pollio – the strong
Poplicola / Publicola – of the people
Postumus – the last born
Primus – the first one, the first born
Priscus – very ancient, old-fashioned
Probus – the upright
Proculus – born while the father was away
Pudens – the sensible
Pulcher – the handsome
Quietus – the calm
Ravilla – grey eyed
Reburrus – he with hair tied back
Regillus – little king, cognomen of gens Aemilia
Regulus – the child king
Rufinus – of red hair
Rufus – reddish, ginger haired
Rullus – the rude
Ruso – cognomen of the gens Abudia
Rusticus – from the countryside
Sacerdos – the priest, cognomen of gens Licinia
Salinator – he who harvests salt
Scaeva – left handed
Scaevola – cognomen of gens Mucia
Scapula – with large shoulders
Scaurus – the lame
Scipio – triumphal wand, cognomen of gens
Cornelia
Scrofa – the sow
Secundus – the second one; blessed
Seneca – probably related to senex, the old man
Senecio – probably related to senex, the old man
Seronatus – he who was born after term
Severus – the strict
Silanus – from the forest, cognomen of gens Iunia
Silo – snub-nosed
Silus – cognomen of gens Sergia
Silvanus – from the forest
Similis – the same, he who bears a resemblance
Simplex – simple, straight forward
Sisenna – cognomen of gens Cornelia
Speratus – hoped for
Strabo – cross-eyed
Sulla – cognomen of gens Cornelia
Superbus – the proud
Superstes – the survivor
Sura – having large calves
Tacitus – the quiet
Tertius – the third one
Tranquillus – the calm
Triarius – the rear guard
Tuditanus – cognomen in gens Sempronia
Tutor – protector
Urbicus – from the city, city dweller
Ursinus – related to Ursus, the bear
Ursus – the bear
Valens – strong, in good health
Valgus – knock-kneed
Varro – cognomen of gens Terentia
Varus – bow-legged
Vatius – bow-legged
Venator – the hunter
Verecundus – the shy
Verres – cognomen of gens Cornelia
Verrucosus – having warts
Verus – the truthful
Vespillo – the undertaker
Viator – the traveller
Victor – the conqueror
Vindex – the avenger
Virilis – the manly
Vitalis – the vigorous
Vocula – the soft-spoken
Vopiscus – the surviving twin
Vulso – he who has regular spasms