In antiquity, it was common practice for families of note to use their familial names to denote their high birth. In the Roman Republic, noble …
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What's In A Name?
Different cultures throughout history have used a variety of naming methods, each with their own cultural and linguistic heritage. Historicity's ongoing exploration of individual names, familial names, and other influences on the most personal of histories: who we are.
By Cait Stevenson It is not, strictly speaking, true that every Christian in late medieval Europe had the same six names. So what if the most …
From the revered to the revolting, the emperors of ancient Rome certainly left a legacy. While some of them were known for their tyrannical rule, …
The Romans worshipped a pantheon of gods descended from the deities of ancient Greece, each one of whom presided over his own domain and had special …
As the Roman Empire expanded north, it came into more contact (and conflict) with the Germanic sphere of influence. Though the two cultures clashed, …
