1. This mutiny was ultimately squelched by Scipio Africanus.

2. Scipio Africanus was apparently the first among the Romans who shaved his beard.

3. Thus, in the designation Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Publius is the proenomen, Cornelius is the nomen, Scipio the cognomen, and Africanus the Agnomen

4. Agnomen definition, an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.” See …

5. Other articles where Agnomen is discussed: name: European patterns of naming: …an individual surname, called an Agnomen: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was so named because of his successful war in Africa.