How To Use agnomen In A Sentence
- Men acquired names from some notable action or occurrence; such was the agnomen, and frequently the cognomen, of the Romans.
- The agnomen Asricanus was bestowed upon Publius Cornelius Scipio, on account of his great achievements in Africa.
- Marcius was the only man in Roman history to serve as censor twice, a feat for which he earned the agnomen Censorinus.
- The author Petronius adds an "-anus" to his proud agnomen and exposes the ostentatious front of his hero, revealing his slave ancestry.
- Despite his mystical belief in his luck (hence his agnomen Felix), despite his arrogance and ruthlessness, Sulla never aimed at permanent tyranny.
