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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” when designin...
on Thursday August 31, 2023 @07:56AM (#37335797)
I stand corrected: in case of Caesar, it was already hereditary in his family.
Initially, it was more of a nickname or even an earned name, like with Caesars contemporary Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” when designin...
on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:03AM (#37334787)
Gaius (also written Caius) was his given name, Ivlivs (Julius) the family name, Caesar the cognomen.
In inscriptions (short): CAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR
In speaking he would (in English;)) rather formally introduce himself as "Gaius of the Iulii, called Caesar".
His mother called him Gaius, his peers called him Caesar once he got or choose?) this name.