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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2210387, member: 19463&quot;][QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2210265, member: 44183&quot;<span style="color: #0000ff">I thought it was merely another handle for Constantius II (kinda like Claudius Gothicus is another handle for Claudius II)</span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p>I had not thought about it but we really have rather few emperors known by more than one name.&nbsp; We would be better off if we were consistent on all.&nbsp; Who have I missed?</p><p>Octavian = Augustus</p><p>Philip I = Philip the Arab</p><p>Claudius II = Claudius Gothicus</p><p>Maximinus II = Maximinus Daia</p><p>Constantius I = Constantius Cholorus</p><p>Constantine I = Constantine the Great</p><p>Julian II = Julian the Apostate</p><p>Romulus Augustus = Romulus Augustulus</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not include people we always call by a name not really theirs like Caligula who was Gaius Caesar.&nbsp; When we think of Gaius Caesar we mean the brother of Lucius Caesar not the emperor after Tiberius.&nbsp; Constantius Gallus never was an Augustus so never go a number.&nbsp; Sooo... Why do we have Valerian II and Licinius II?&nbsp; A&nbsp; foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Do I think we all should memorize the emperor list like we do the alphabet?&nbsp; Well, Yes, it would probably be a good idea but I am known widely as unreasonable and have even been called a<span style="color: #4d4dff"> smug highbrow</span>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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