Comment on How is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?

rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure it almost always references the salad.

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• AskewLord@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  His family name became a title for future Emperors.

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  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly might be an even harder flex than just being the only Caesar

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  • UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • Klear@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      While it actually means “born through C-section”

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• Archer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not many people know this, but Pontius Pilate, inventor of Pilates, also had another lesser known historical role

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• Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  His family name is Julius Caesar. Gaius is his given name.

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• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s/was basically the chief. Kaiser comes from that word IIRC. It’s a bit like “king”. Julius just made it stick to him, a bit like a brand name!

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  • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Almost correct. The title Caesar derives from Gaius Julius Caesars (the “OG”) lastname Caesar. It was used by successors to imply a lineage between them and Caesar and therefore give them more legitimacy in the eyes of the people.

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  • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tsar/Czar is also derived from Caesar.

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