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Javolenus Priscus had been honored. "It therefore seems quite probable that he was born a C. Octavius, and that he received his other names by adoption into an Umbrian family." However, Salomies argues that if he was adopted, "from the order of the names we should surely rather conclude that he
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The shorter version of his name is "Lucius
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Anthony Birley notes that his names "Javolenus, Tidius, and
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by Ante Romac (Informator, 1989), a
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Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus
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attests that on 26 October 90 Priscus was governor of
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