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Menas
Menas, also known as Menodorus, was an admiral who served under Sextus Pompey during the 1st Century BC Roman Civil Wars. Menas was a freedman of Pompey the Great and when Pompey's son, Sextus, set himself up as ruler of Sicily in the late 40's BC Menas became one of his leading admirals. He captured Sardinia in 40 BC for Sextus, driving out Octavian's governor Marcus Lurius. The biographer Plutarch relates how during a banquet aboard Sextus Pompey's flagship at the time of the Pact of Misenum with the triumvirs Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus aboard, Menas suggested to Sextus Pompey... "...Shall I," said he, "cut the cables and make you master not of Sicily only and Sardinia, but of the whole Roman empire?" - Plutarch, Parallel Lives, 'Life of Antony' However, Sextus told him that he should have done it without asking him because he now could not break his treaty oath made to the triumvirs. In 38 BC Menas surrendered Sardinia to Octavian and received equestrian rank as a reward. He fought for Octavian under Calvisius Sabinus in the naval battle off Cumae. In 36 BC he returned to Sextus Pompey, but Sextus had him closely watched and Menas, unhappy with being treated with suspicion again changed sides.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Menas is ranked #85659 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Menas surname appeared 218 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Menas.
86.2% or 188 total occurrences were White.
11.4% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of menas in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of menas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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