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A short biography of Publius Cornelius Scipio Iucundus and an explanation of his nickname and Roman names.

What does my Nickname mean and where did I find itPublius Cornelius Scipio Iucundusscipio -onis, m. a ceremonial staff.Scipio -onis, m. a family of the gens Cornelia; Scipiades -ae, one of the family of the Scipios, a Scipio.Cornelius -a -um, name of a Roman gens.Adj. Cornelianus -a -um.Publius -i, m. a Roman praenomen, abbrev. P.iucundus -a -um, pleasant, agreeable, delightful.How I got my nicknameA short history of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus and familyA brief explanation of Latin namesHow I got my nicknameIn high school I was required to take two years of a foreign language.I chose Latin because, well, because it was different.As in most foreign language classes in the US, to help the students become familiar with the culture, on the first day you choose a name in that language.Supposedly you would then be known by that name for the rest of the year in class, although it never seemed to work out that way.In French boys choose names like Jean and Pierre, in Spanish names like Juan and Marco, and in German, Hans and FrederikIn ancient Rome, there were less than twenty first names for boys (girls names derived from their fathers).The more common ones being Quintus, Gaius, Marcus, Publius, Sextus, Gnaeus, and Lucius.Our Latin teacher let us use a little broader based spectrum for choosing names, picking a historical figures name, or even using demi-god names.My best friend was known as Orcus, a demi-death-god.I originally chose Tiberius, the name of one of the first great Caesars.After reading more history, I came across the name of Scipio Africanus and added his onto my name (a common practice in Roman times, although the name was rarely chosen by the bearer, but instead by his piers, and often denoted some attribute of the person.Flaccus, for instance, meaning big-ears) thus going by Tiberius Scipio.I had just run across the name and it sounded good.After reading more about him, I decided I liked him more than Tiberius and dropped the name Tiberius completely, going the rest of the year simply as Scipio.Just beginning at University, I acquired an internet account, and was shown IRC.I had for several years been an avid user of BBS systems, and was known on several systems as Opus.When I first logged onto IRC, however, Opus was being used and I was told to choose a different name.After about five minutes of struggling (I am horrible with names) I fell back on Scipio.Since then it has stuck quite well.Now, more people at University and also on IRC know me as Scipio rather than by my real name.A short history of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus and his familyP. Cornelius Scipio was born 236 BC (518 AUC by Roman reckoning) to a father of the same name.Early in life he distinguished himself militarily, especially in the battles of Ticinus and Cannae.At the age of 26 he was given proconsular imperium by the People rather than the Senate, and was dispatched to fight against the Carthaginians in Spain. For 5 years he fought, defeating every Carthaginian a

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