In Roman naming, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus gained “Africanus” as an agnomen commemorating victory in Africa; Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix used “Felix,” meaning fortunate, as an honorific additional name; a poem about a commander might call her “Mara Storm-Breaker,” using an agnomen-like epithet to mark a deed or reputation; unlike a hereditary family name, an agnomen is often earned, granted, or adopted and can carry public memory; epic-style lines such as “Aeneas, pious in exile” similarly attach a recurring identifying epithet, though not every epithet is technically a Roman agnomen