History: Ancient Rome: Pseudonyms
The following is a short list of the pseudonyms and real names of famous and significant Roman writers and Emperors:
- Agathinus. Real name is Claudius Agathinus.
- Arrian. Real name is Lucius Flavius Arrianus.
- Cassiodorus. Real name is Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus.
- Cato the Elder. Real name is Marcus Porcius Cato.
- Catullus. Real name is Gaius Valerius Catullus.
- Cicero. Real name is Marcus Tullius Cicero.
- Constantine the Great/Constantine I. Real name is Flavius Valerius Constantinus.
- Cyprian. Real name is Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus.
- Diocletian. Real name is Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian.
- Ennius. Real name is Quintus Ennius.
- Frontinus. Real name is Sextus Iulius Frontinus.
- Horace. Real name is Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
- Julian the Apostate. Real name is Flavius Claudius Julianus.
- Julius Africanus. Real name is Sextus Iulius Africanus.
- Julius Caesar. Real name is Gaius Iulius Caesar.
- Justinian. Real name is Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus.
- Juvenal. Real name is Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis.
- Lactantius. Real name is Lucius Caelius/Caecilius Firmianus.
- Livy. Real name is Titus Livius.
- Lucan. Real name is Marcus Lucanus Annaeus.
- Lucretius. Real name is Titus Lucretius Carus.
- Martial. Real name is Marcus Valerius Martialis.
- Nepos. Real name is Cornelius Nepos.
- Ovid. Real name is Publius Ovidius Naso.
- Plautus. Real name is Titus Maccius Plautus.
- Pliny the Elder. Real name is Gaius Plinius Secundus.
- Pliny the Younger. Real name is Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus.
- Plutarch. Real name is Mestrius Plutarchus.
- Quintillian. Real name is Marcus Fabius Qunitilianus.
- Sallust. Real name is Gaius Sallustius Crispus.
- Seneca the Elder. Real name is Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
- Seneca the Younger. Real name is Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
- Suetonius. Real name is Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.
- Symmachus. Real name is Quintus Aurelius Symmachus.
- Tacitus. Real name is Cornelius Tacitus.
- Terence. Real name is Publius Terentius Afer.
- Virgil. Real name is Publius Vergilius Maro.
Last modified: 10/6/2008 10:56 AM by J. Nevins
