Talk:List of Imperial Roman victory titles

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This article needs a different title. Maybe List of victory titles of Roman Emperors? RickK 03:37, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I would not object to such a retitling. Publius 20:43, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] A wrong translation from the Latin agnomen

The agnomen Germanicus does not mean "the German". There were no Germans in those days and Germanicus was a nobleman of old Roman stock.

The mistake is easily made but the agnomen is related to the English "Of", as in Montgomery of Alamein. Monty was not from North Africa, he was victorious there.
Germanicus can be translated as "conqueror of Germania" or "victorious in Germania" or "Victorious against the Germanic tribes". As the Romans never conquered these dark forrests the second alternative seems appropriate.
The list is valuable. There is a lot of work in it and it is certainly encyclopædic.

Greetings from the once dark, now sunny forrests of Germania,

Robert Prummel 22:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Imperial Roman Victory Titles

I agree with a retitling if this list focuses strictly on the Imperial period. I would, however, also like to see a listing of victory titles in the Republican period. The article on victory titles is good about this, but again I'd like to see a more comprehensive list starting in the Republican era.

Chris Ann Matteo68.50.98.131 10:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)