Nickname in the Roman naming convention.
1 Metellus was recalled, enjoyed a triumph, and received the agnomen of NUMIDICUS.
2 The agnomen adoptivum indicates his transference by adoption from one gens to another.
3 These were called the prænomen (forename), nomen (name), cognomen (surname), and agnomen (added name).
4 Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen , added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.
5 Thus also, Quintus Fabius Maximus received the Agnomen of Cunctator, from his checking the victorious career of Hannibal by avoiding a battle.
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