Medeival & Roman names

[LLXerxes]

I'm writing 3 stories for school. One is about current day politics p) and the other 2 are where I'm gonna make up 2 people from Medieval & Roman time periods (we got to choose our own topics so that's why I'm talking about politics ). yet I need names. I was posted here before yet I lost the link. I came up with the name "Jonathan Longshanks" for the Medieval one and "Cassius Brollus" for the Roman name p) but those suck.
ANy suggtions? Preferably "militaristic" sounding names (btw, the Roman one doesn't have to be Roman, it has to be one of the times of the Roman empire)
thx

 

[The Last Conformist]

Medieval: Erik Blood-Axe
Roman: Marcus Furius Camillus

 

[LLXerxes]

Medieval: Erik Blood-Axe
Roman: Marcus Furius Camillus

Medieval: Wow! Sounds like a English guy to me!! (j/k)
Roman: maybe without the furious part

otherwise it's good! for the medieval one I'd like a spanish or english or french or
papal or german one exc (no vikings or arabs)

 

[The Last Conformist]

Medieval: Wow! Sounds like a English guy to me!! (j/k)

You didn't specify what kind of name you wanted. He wasn't English, anyway.

Roman: maybe without the furious part

otherwise it's good!

No, without the 'Furius' (notice lack of 'o') part it's bad, because without it it isn't a possible Roman name.

(It was the name of a Roman general in the 5th C BC.)

 

[Akka]

Just us Rome Total War and Medieval Total War

If the guy is en English noble, then simply use a french name (with a "de" inside).
For the Roman, well, Gaius Julius is a sure bet

 

[The Last Conformist]

Oh, a Frenchy English noble's name I like is Guillaume le Maréchal, better known in English literature as William Marshal.

 

[Cuivienen]

Kaeso is my favorite Roman surname. (It was very rare and is also the only known Roman name to contain the letter k.)

Gaius Marius Kaeso

 

[The Last Conformist]

A medieval Italian name I like is 'Zorzo'. Just looks absurd.

(the modern Italian version thereof, I assume, would be 'Giorgio'.)

 

[pawpaw]

Roman: maybe without the furious part

roman names had 3 parts--praenomen,nomen and cognom

praenmen was given name
nomen was gens or clan name
cognom was nickname
so gaius julius ceasar was gaius of gen julius with full head of hair ( meaning of ceasar i believe )

 

[Amenhotep7]

Gaius Drusus Tiberius

That sounds pretty cool.

 

[blindside]

You have Rome: Total War, don't you? Just go to Data and descr_names. It has a ton of names. I like Flavius Julius and Quintus Julius.

 

[Cuivienen]

roman names had 3 parts--praenomen,nomen and cognom

praenmen was given name
nomen was gens or clan name
cognom was nickname
so gaius julius ceasar was gaius of gen julius with full head of hair ( meaning of ceasar i believe )

The Cognomen was originally a nickname, but later evolved into a family name as well. It was passed on from father to son. (The daughter was named for the father's nomen.)

A son of Gaius Marius Kaeso might be Julius Marius Kaeso while a daughter would be Maria Kaeso (until she married, at which point she would take on her husband's nomen and become, for example, Maria Crassus Kaeso).

 

[Pangur Bán]

What is class and ethnic background of the Roman guy?

What is the class and national background of the medieval guy?

I'd need that info to make suggestions.

 

[LLXerxes]

What is class and ethnic background of the Roman guy?

What is the class and national background of the medieval guy?

I'd need that info to make suggestions.

their both supposed to be military leaders of that time. I don't care what natinalities (except no asians, vikings, or muslims for the medieval)

 

[Xen]

the difinitiv lis tof a huge sect of Roman names, from th eoptional agnomen, and filiation, to the standard nomens

http://novaroma.org/via_romana/names.html

 

[Provolution]

Tallest Roman Soldier Emperor : No one greater, no one cooler MAXIMINIUS THRANX

Medieval name Luciano Borgia, evil italian Prince

 

[Pangur Bán]

their both supposed to be military leaders of that time. I don't care what natinalities (except no asians, vikings, or muslims for the medieval)

OK, well there a no generic medieval names. If you call your man Etienne de Blois, then the man must have some specific background in northern France. Likewise, Malcolm MacDuff will have a specific background in Scotland, or Pribislav of Magdeburg will be a western Slav, with some involvements in Germaniztion. If you call him "Jonathan Longshanks", then he will be peasant/burgher scum from England, who I suppose might rise up in the service of a lord.

SO, the name has to fit with your story.

 

[Xen]

Tallest Roman Soldier Emperor : No one greater, no one cooler MAXIMINIUS THRANX

while not emperor, anyoen familliear with Monty Python knows the best Roman in town, who's ranks as high as any ones' in Rome- our dear old friend, Biggus Dickus

 

[The Last Conformist]

That should be Maximinus Thrax. He was from Thrace, not in trance!

 

[Provolution]

Sorry Typo Maximinus Thrax