[Verginius Rufus]

Just did a Google search trying to determine the meaning of the name Ratko. Some sources (perhaps copying each other) said it means "warrior" (from rat meaning "war"). But others indicated it could be a diminutive for names like Radovan where the rad- element means "joy" or "cheerfulness" (the d would change to a t before the k because of phonetic rules).

Maybe his parents were admirers of Al Smith, the happy warrior...who was a 'Rat, after all.

[Bokababe]

Just did a Google search trying to determine the meaning of the name Ratko.

"Ratko" means "Warrior".

Not a surprising name. The 20th Century saw a lot of wars in the Balkans-- The Balkan Wars, WWI, WWII, and eventually the break up of Yugoslavia. Every single generation of Serbs for the last 500 years has had to give up some men to kicking some empire's or country's designs for the Balkans to the curb. Between the Balkan wars and WWI, Serbs lost nearly 50% of their young manhood to defending their land.

[lbryce]

Wikipedia:LuciusVerginius Rufus
At the public burial with which he was honored, the historian Tacitus (then consul) delivered the funeral oration. Pliny the Younger, his neighbor and ward, has recorded the lines which Verginius had ordered to be engraved upon his tomb: Hic situs est Rufus, pulso qui Vindice quondam Imperium asseruit non sibi sed patriae ("Here lies Rufus, who after defeating Vindex, did not take power, but gave it to the fatherland").