A to Z challenge – N is for …

Nomen – also praenomen and cognomen

{click on the picture to get to the list of A to Zedders}

[yes, we pronounce Z as zed in the UK. There is a good reason for this but I'm not talking about that in this post]

This chap here is Marcus Junius Brutus – well known as one of the men who put paid to Julius Caesar’s ambitions to become King of Rome. Not bad looking, is he? I thought it would be nice to have a decent looking model for a little short lesson about Roman naming practices.

The most importan...