^{page 329 note 2} For an exception, Suet. Claud. 24, where it is related that Claudius allowed the consular Gabinius Secundus to assume the cognomen Cauchius for his victory over the Chauci. Cf. Dio lx. 8. 7. There are some instances of cognomina given by conquering fathers to their sons, not personally assumed, e.g. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus (Vell. ii. 116. 2; P.I.R. ² C 1390); Cn. Claudius Severus Arabianus(P.I.R. ²C 1027).

^{page 329 note 3} For the title Actiacus cf. Diz, Ruggiero. Epig. i. 65;Google ScholarR.E. xii. 1690; Gymnasium, 1943/4, 69; Britannia 1970, 134–5.

^{page 329 note 4} C.I.L. v. 2495, 2497 (?), 2499, 2501–3, 2507–8, 2512, 2514–16, 2518–20, Suppl. 514; Not. d. Scav. 1891, 217; ibid 1893, 58.

^{page 329 note 5} Cf. Kubitschek, , Imperium Romanum Tributim Description, 107.Google Scholar

^{page 330 note 1} It is quite possible that these men had the tribe Romilia because they were born at Ateste, but the circumstances render this unlikely.

^{page 330 note 2} Dio li. 1. 4.

^{page 330 note 3} vi. 19. 8.

^{page 330 note 4} It is not found on C.I.L. v. 2495, 2512; Not. d. Scav. 1891, 217.

^{page 330 note 5} Cic. Phil. xii. 29.

^{page 330 note 6} M. Billienus is the most specific, the only veteran here to mention the battle (navali proelio facto); a legionary who had fought a battle at sea. For the personal assumption of a cognomen cf. M. Helvius Rufus Civica, who assumed that title after the award of a corona civica by Tiberius (Tac. Ann. iii. 21; Suet. Tib. 32. 1). For another case cf. Tac. Ann. xv. 71.