Decimus

Decimus was a Roman praenomen. It means "tenth", and was originally used as a name for tenth sons, but it was later used as a generic name.

Among those named Decimus were:

• Decimus Clodius Albinus, would-be emperor of the 2nd century AD
• Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a poet of the 1st century AD
• Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, politician and general of the 1st century BC, assassin of Julius Caesar
• Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus, consul in AD 53
• Decimus Junius Silanus (Consul 62 BC)
• Decimus Magnus Ausonius, poet and rhetorician of the 4th century AD

Decimus Burton was an English architect of the 19th century.