Explanation: One of the more prominent generals involved in campaigns in Germania was named Germanicus. This is curious - Romans usually gave celebratory names to leaders involved in successful campaigns, such as ‘Parthicus’ for someone who defeated the Parthians, or ‘Germanicus’ for someone who defeated the Germans.
The curious bit is that the man we usually refer to as Germanicus actually inherited his name from his father (not very creative with names, the Romans), who gained the name while campaigning in Germany. So our, more well-known ‘Germanicus’ was Germanicus even before he ever set foot in Germania! Like father like son, huh?
Wait, there have been lads called “Parthicus”? I thought the Parthians kicked Romans’ asses every time, so someone actually conducted a successful campaign against them?
Several successful campaigns, it’s just that there was never really a lasting success against them. Persia is fucking BIG and hard to hold, so usually what happened is the Romans would win a few battles (assuming the campaign was successful), penetrate a bit, and then negotiate a peace settlement and celebrate.
Explanation: One of the more prominent generals involved in campaigns in Germania was named Germanicus. This is curious - Romans usually gave celebratory names to leaders involved in successful campaigns, such as ‘Parthicus’ for someone who defeated the Parthians, or ‘Germanicus’ for someone who defeated the Germans.
The curious bit is that the man we usually refer to as Germanicus actually inherited his name from his father (not very creative with names, the Romans), who gained the name while campaigning in Germany. So our, more well-known ‘Germanicus’ was Germanicus even before he ever set foot in Germania! Like father like son, huh?
Wait, there have been lads called “Parthicus”? I thought the Parthians kicked Romans’ asses every time, so someone actually conducted a successful campaign against them?
Several successful campaigns, it’s just that there was never really a lasting success against them. Persia is fucking BIG and hard to hold, so usually what happened is the Romans would win a few battles (assuming the campaign was successful), penetrate a bit, and then negotiate a peace settlement and celebrate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_imperial_victory_titles
Parthicus boys listed there