by Anonymous on Sun Mar 14, 2004 6:54 pm
Salvete!
Try L. Iunius Brutus, first consul of the Republic, D. Iunius Brutus conqueror of Lusitania, M. Iunius Brutus murdered by Pompey, and of course your humble servant!
Quite a history of murder and mayhem seems to go with the name.
I actually, before I knew any better, also assumed that the assassination of Caesar was a good thing, however the more one reads the more ambiguous the whole situation seems. I certainly agree with your comparison with Napoleon, who is usually unfairly demonised here in Britain- or at least in England anyway. It also occurs to me that there is possibly an even stronger analogy between Napoleon and Augustus.
A large part of my decision to adopt the name, I'm embarassed to say, was my lack of technological aptitude and general clumsiness, which of course is what it means in Latin! Frankly it just seemed to fit.