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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 205664, member: 6370&quot;]You are right though I believe he was commonly referred to as Augustulus which is the name I usually use as most histories I read use that name (like using Caligula instead of Gaius) it is not an Anglicization of his name, it is the diminutive of Augustus and means in Latin &#039;little Augustus&#039; which is what he became commonly know as...and it mean little as in &#039;unimportant&#039; as opposed to little as in small...which to be honest is what he was. I think I read it as Augustulus in Gibbons and just used that form from then on.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;In the western empire, Orestes put the emperor Nepos to flight and established his own son Augustulus on the throne&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&quot;<i>parte vero Hesperia Nepotem imperatorem Orestes fugatum <b>Augustulum</b> suum filium in imperium conlocavit</i>&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&quot;While Nepos was in the city, the Patrician Orestes was sent against him with the main force of the army. But because Nepos dared not undertake the business of resisting in such desperate conditions, he fled to Dalmatia in his ships. When Nepos had fled Italy and departed from the city, Orestes assumed the primacy and all the authority for himself and made his son Augustulus emperor at Ravenna&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<i>Nepote apud urbem residente Orestes patricius cum robore exercitus contra eum mittitur. sed cum desperatae rei negotium resistendo sumere non auderet, ad Dalmatias navigiis fugit. cum Nepos fugiens Italiam ac urbem reliquisset, Orestes primatum omnemque sibi vindicans dignitatem <b>Augustulum</b> filium suum apud Ravennam positum imperatorem facit, ipse vero omnem curam externorum praesidiorum gerit</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;The youngster took the title &quot;Augustus&quot; as his name, but became commonly known as <b>Augustulus, &quot;the little Augustus&quot;</b> in the words of the <i>Anonymous Valesianus</i>, &quot;Augustulus, who prior to ruling had been called Romulus by his parents, was made emperor by his father, the Patrician Orestes.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<span style="color: black">Some </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Greek</span></a><span style="color: black"> writers even went so far as to corrupt his name sarcastically into &quot;Momylos&quot;, or &quot;little disgrace&quot;.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;not that it matters...its nit picking.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/auggiero.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/auggiero.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.roman-emperors.org/auggiero.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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