Lupus

The usage of this name should be changed to "Ancient Roman", because the Romans used Lupus as a cognomen already in the centuries BC - not just in the centuries AD (i.e. after the advent of Christianity). [noted -ed]

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• http://www.trismegistos.org/name/10222 (in English; click on "Attestations by century")
• general search for Lupus at the Epigraphic Database of Heidelberg: https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/inschrift/suche?qs=Lupus (in English)
• Publius Rutilius Lupus (between 18 BC and 12 BC): https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD031696 (in English)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_cognomina#L (in English)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus_(name) (in English)

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Note, however, that the cognomen Lupus appears to have been rare in the centuries BC. It only really began to flourish in the centuries AD.

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A notable bearer of this name was Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus. He was Roman consul in 156 BC and later died in 125 BC:

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Lupus_(consul_156_BC) (in English)

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Another notable bearer was Publius Rutilius Lupus, who served as Roman consul in 90 BC:

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Rutilius_Lupus_(consul) (in English)

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There are many other examples where Lupus is a cognomen, though the majority of them date back to a century AD. Here are some of them:

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• Cornelius Lupus (42 AD), a Roman senator and suffect consul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Lupus (in English)
• Curtius Lupus (24 AD), a Roman quaestor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtia_(gens)#Curtii_of_the_Empire (in English)
• Gaius Salvidienus Lupus (era uncertain): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvidiena_gens#Undated_Salvidieni (in English)
• Lucius Petilius Lupus (era uncertain): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petillia_gens#Undated_Petillii (in English)
• Marcus Rutilius Lupus (2nd century AD), a Roman governor of Egypt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Rutilius_Lupus (in English)
• Numisius Lupus (era not clear), a Roman military commander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numisia_gens#Members (in English)
• Nymphidius Lupus (1st to 2nd century AD): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphidia_gens#Members (in English)
• Pontius Lupus (era not clear): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontia_gens#Members (in English)
• Severius Lupus (era not clear): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severia_gens#Members (in English)
• Tiberius Julius Lupus (died in 73 AD), a Roman governor of Egypt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Julius_Lupus (in English)
• Vipsanius Lupus (2nd or 3rd century AD): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipsania_gens#Vipsanii_from_inscriptions (in English)
• Virius Lupus (died after 205 AD), a Roman soldier and politician: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virius_Lupus (in English)