Wars such as the War of Roses. Was it always named that or when do wars normally get a common name?
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The names for Wars are coined either by historians, or today the media. Often the names based on where they were fought, and don’t get a common name until long after they are over. This is in part because various wars and conflicts are often related so historians have a way of bundling various conflicts together after the fact into a single historical war.
The Vietnam War, Korean War, The Russian Afghan war, etc are of course named after where they were fought. Historically many of these conflicts in the 20th century may end up become merged together in history texts as “The Cold War”
The 2nd Iraq War and the US Afghan conflict may end up being known to history collectively as “the War on Terror”.
The Yom Kippur war in the Middle East was named after the Jewish Holiday that was the stage for the start of the conflict.
World War 1 was originally referred to as “The Great War” by Veterans, but the term World War 1 + 2 I believe was coined by Time Magazine some time after WW2 ended. Centuries from now they may even be consider two halves of the same conflict as the direct cause of WW2 was WW1, but the Nazi’s involvement in WW2 may strongly overshadow that and keep the 2 wars separate.
The 7 years war, surprise surprise, lasted 7 years but didn’t get named that until long after it was finished.
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