Re: Since when did Romans have "basileus"?

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:58:15 -0700, Amicus@xxxxxxxxx (David / Amicus)
wrote:

<<In general, people were not given "titles", they were given additional
*names*, "Augustus" and "Germanicus" being obvious examples. Even
"Imperator" appears as a praenomen.>>


I had not considered that. Thank-you!

To give an example, Augustus's full official name in his later years
was "Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus".

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