Maximinus--Daza not Daia

[Victor]

This is a pet peeve of mine...but if you have to use the D word, it's Daza not Daia. Lactantius incorrectly used Daia, perhaps as a mistake or what had been passed down to him. Daza is an Illyrian name; while Daia is not. The name is also not part of his imperial titles, so there is no real purpose in using it--just plain old Maximinus will do fine.

 

for more on this see the article by Christopher Mackay--

LACTANTIUS AND THE SUCCESSION TO DIOCLETIAN

[Lech Stępniewski]

Also, Sutherland would agree with you.

[Heliodromus]

Guilty - may have to start using Daza.

I just use Daia (Daza) because it's shorter and easier to type.

[Heliodromus]

This is a local ski resort near me, named after the military guy (name kinda gives it away!) who had it created as a West Point training facility. They let us yokels go there midweek too.

Makes me think I should start calling Constantine "VC" since Trachala is too long of a nickname.