Talk:Aurelius Valerius Symmachus Tullianus

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I do not understand the request for sources. --TakenakaN (talk) 21:55, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Tullianus Symmachus or Symmachus Tullianus?

The form given of this consul's name is surprising. Alan Cameron (in "The Antiquity of the Symmachi", Historia, 48 (1999), pp. 477-505) calls him Symmachus Tullianus, explaining that Tullianus is an agnomen & Symmachus the cognomen; but here is it placed as if a cognomen & Symmachus is the agnomen, which would be odd because his descendants for the next 150+ years use Symmachus as the family name. And on what grounds is this man known as "Marcus Aurelius Valerius Tullianus Symmachus Phosphorius"? Methinks a troll has been messing with this article. -- llywrch (talk) 22:04, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Okay, I read a little further into Cameron's paper mentioned above, & he offers the possibility that Symmachus Tullianus had the nickname "Phosphorius". But it still was a shock to find it included with no citation or source. -- llywrch (talk) 22:59, 25 April 2016 (UTC)