Roman Nicknames

Famous nicknames from ancient Roman history.

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Born	Hint	Answer
236 BCE	After he defeated Hannibal at Zama, Scipio received his famous agnomen.	Africanus
234 BCE	Elder hardliner who espoused Roman virtue. His cognomen was a nickname.	Cato the Elder
106 BCE	Julius Caesar's major rival for power went by this shortening of his praenomen.	Pompey the Great
83 BCE	Cleopatra's last boyfriend, the hero of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".	Marc Antony
63 BCE	Eventually synonymous with "emperor", Octavian's self-styled honorific.	Augustus
c. 59 BCE	Historian and friend of the Julio-Claudians, how Titus Livius was better known	Livy
12 CE	As a boy, soldiers called this eventual crazy emperor "Little Boots," and it stuck.	Caligula
23 CE	Naturalist and author who died in Mt Vesuvius eruption, uncle to the Younger.	Pliny the Elder
c. 173 CE	His nickname means "the Thracian". First barbarian emperor.	Maximinus Thrax
188 CE	Brutal emperor, killed his brother Geta, his Gallic cloak became his namesake.	Caracalla
203 CE	Cousin to the previous, 14 year old emperor, fancied himself god of the sun.	Elagabalus

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