[object Object]@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoHow is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareHow is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?[object Object]@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoHis family name became a title for future Emperors.
minus-squareUPGRAYEDD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoAnd the title of Caesar more rightfully translated would be “God King”. It implied divinity and super human levels of being. God being a roman god, not the christian god. So not omnipotent, omnipresent, or omniscient. But still divine.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoWhile it actually means “born through C-section”
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoHonestly might be an even harder flex than just being the only Caesar
His family name became a title for future Emperors.
And the title of Caesar more rightfully translated would be “God King”. It implied divinity and super human levels of being.
God being a roman god, not the christian god. So not omnipotent, omnipresent, or omniscient. But still divine.
While it actually means “born through C-section”
Honestly might be an even harder flex than just being the only Caesar