[object Object]@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 days agoHow is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?message-squaremessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up17arrow-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 · 11 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerudyharrelson@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days ago There’s only 1 Caesar Not necessarily. I originally thought the phrase “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s” from the Bible referred to Julius Caesar, but apparently it refers to Tiberius. Though in modern times “Caesar” almost ubiquitously is referencing Julius
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI’m pretty sure it almost always references the salad.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoHis family name is Julius Caesar. Gaius is his given name.
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoHis family name became a title for future Emperors.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoHonestly might be an even harder flex than just being the only Caesar
minus-squareUPGRAYEDD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days 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-up1·10 days agoWhile it actually means “born through C-section”
Not necessarily. I originally thought the phrase “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s” from the Bible referred to Julius Caesar, but apparently it refers to Tiberius.
Though in modern times “Caesar” almost ubiquitously is referencing Julius
I’m pretty sure it almost always references the salad.
His family name is Julius Caesar. Gaius is his given name.
His family name became a title for future Emperors.
Honestly might be an even harder flex than just being the only Caesar
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”