Nepos

Nepos is a Latin word originally meaning "grandson" or "descendant", that evolved with time to signify "nephew". The word gives rise to the term nepotism.

It may also refer to: * Cornelius Nepos, a Roman biographer * Julius Nepos, sometimes considered the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire * Aulus Platorius Nepos, governor of Britannia under Hadrian * Nepos (Roman governor), during the reign of the emperor Trajan * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC), a Roman politician * The apocryphal ''Book of Nepos'', written by an Egyptian bishop of the same name * Nepos, a village in Feldru Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Jakob Näf, a literary collaborator of Erasmus in Basel * Abbreviation of nepotists, such as in the term "nepo baby" Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1967
De excellentibus ducibus exterarum gentium /

: Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004675261

Published 2019
The historiography of Late Republican Civil War /

: The Historiography of Late Republican Civil War is part of a burgeoning new trend that focuses on the great impact of stasis and civil war on Roman society. This volume specifically concentrates on the Late Republic, a transformative period marked by social and political violence, stasis, factional strife, and civil war. Its constitutive chapters closely study developments and discussions concerning the concept of civil war in the late republican and early imperial historiography of the late Republic, from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix to the Severan dynasty.
: 1 online resource. : Includes index and bibliographic references. : 9789004409521

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