[object Object]@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoHow is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-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 · edit-21 month agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoHis family name became a title for future Emperors.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoHonestly might be an even harder flex than just being the only Caesar
minus-squareUPGRAYEDD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoWhile it actually means “born through C-section”
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”