Proculus

There are some, too, who even at this day take names from certain casual incidents at their nativity; a child that is born when his father is away from home is called Proculus; or Postumus, if after his decease; and when twins come into the world, and one dies at the birth, the survivor has the name of Vopiscus.

Coriolanus Plutarch 1909

Spartian, quicquid libet licet, they think they may do what they list, profess it publicly, and rather brag with Proculus (that writ to a friend of his in Rome, [4777] what famous exploits he had done in that kind) than any way be abashed at it.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Some are better able to sustain, such as are hot and moist, phlegmatic, as Hippocrates insinuateth, some strong and lusty, well fed like [2992] Hercules, [2993] Proculus the emperor, lusty

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Proculus gave out that Romulus was taken up by Jupiter into heaven, and therefore to be ever after adored for a god amongst the Romans.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

And Proculus, a man of note, took oath that he saw Romulus caught up into heaven in his arms and vestments, and heard him, as he ascended, cry out that they should hereafter style him by the name of Quirinus.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Velesus, one or other of whom it had been thought the people would elect as their new king; the original Romans being for Proculus, and the Sabines for Velesus.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Another part of the entablature carrying the building inscription, where in the beginning of the second line the word Proklou, this is the genitive of the governor's name Proculus, is clearly legible.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Apollo Klarios Sanctuary Report 2 2003

He therefore sent his brother Titianus, with Proculus, the prefect of the guards, to the army, where the latter was general in reality, and the former in appearance.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Proculus; or Postumus, if after his decease; and when twins come into the world, and one dies at the birth, the survivor has the name of Vopiscus.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Numa was about forty years of age when the ambassadors came to make him offers of the kingdom; the speakers were Proculus and

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003