[murat124]

> In 75 BCE a band of Cilician pirates in the Aegean Sea captured a 25-year-old Roman nobleman named Julius Caesar, who had been on his way to study oratory in Rhodes.

I'm pretty sure that nobleman was named Gaius Julius and that's how he introduced himself.

[throwaway13547]

"Roman men were usually known by their praenomina to members of their family and household, clientes and close friends; but outside of this circle, they might be called by their nomen, cognomen, or any combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that was sufficient to distinguish them from other men with similar names."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions

[thaumasiotes]

> or any combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that was sufficient to distinguish them from other men with similar names.

Even Julius Caesar's full name including all three parts would not be helpful in distinguishing him from many of the other men in his family.

[lupusreal]

'Caesar' was not then a title. It became a title because of him.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title)

[qwytw]

Ceasar is basically a family name though. I don't think there were that many Julii left at this point? So it might not have been that confusing. However if you were Publius/Lucius Cornelius on the other hand there were probably a dozen other Roman aristocrats with the same name at any given time.

[orangepanda]

He wasnt even the only Julius Caesar elected as Consul in that decade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Julius_Caesar_(consul_6...