Editing Romulus Augustulus (section)

== Name ==
Romulus Augustus' birth name was simply Romulus;{{Sfn|Jones et al|1980|p=|pp=949–950}} he was named after his maternal grandfather, a nobleman from [[Poetovio]] in [[Noricum]].{{Sfn|Gibbon|1872|pp=99–100|loc="The patrician Orestes had married the daughter of Count ''Romulus'', of Petovio in Noricum; the name of ''Augustus'', notwithstanding the jealousy of power, was known at [[Aquileia]] as a familiar surname; and the appellations of the two great founders, of the city and of the monarchy, were thus strangely united in the last of their successors."}} Upon his accession to the imperial throne, he also took Augustus as a proper name, not just a title.{{Sfn|Jones et al|1980|pp=949–950}} Many historians have noted the coincidence that the last western emperor bore the names of both [[Romulus]], the legendary founder and first king of [[Rome]], and [[Augustus]], the first emperor.{{Sfn|Gibbon|1872|pp=99–100|loc="The patrician Orestes had married the daughter of Count ''Romulus'', of Petovio in Noricum; the name of ''Augustus'', notwithstanding the jealousy of power, was known at [[Aquileia]] as a familiar surname; and the appellations of the two great founders, of the city and of the monarchy, were thus strangely united in the last of their successors."}} The full [[Style (form of address)|style]] used on his coinage was ''Dominus Noster Romulus Augustus Pius Felix Augustus''.{{Sfn|Herrin|2019}} Romulus Augustus was often colloquially referred to as "Augustulus" (meaning "little Augustus") even in his own time, in reference to his youth.{{Sfn|Jones et al|1980|p=950}}{{Sfn|Nathan|1997}} "Augustulus" was a derisive nickname and was never in official use; all of Romulus' coins use the names ''Romulus Augustus''.{{Sfn|Gibbon|1872|p=100}} In [[Greek language|Greek]], his first name Romulus was also changed derisively into the nickname ''Momylus'' ("little disgrace").{{Sfn|Gibbon|1872|p=100}}