Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public in Rome

Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:29AM (#36404529)

>did thrice offer him a kingly crown that he did thrice refuse, is this naracism

It's politicking. He already had the power of a king, and knew the title would only harm him. It's why August called himself the "first citizen of Rome" rather than king or emperor. They weren't forgoing the power, just the title.

>The people that killed him got to write history so they made him into a bad guy.

Augustus got to write history on him, and that provided an overly rosy view that wasn't heavily questioned for centuries, likely still providing a rosy view of him two millennia later.

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Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by throwaway2048 on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:31AM (#36404580)

Imperator (in English Emperor) was a title specifically invented by Augustus to avoid the title king. It might be roughly translated as "Commander", in a military sense.

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Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:35AM (#36404641)

You're right, my memory is poor, but his primary titles provided by the senate were "augustus" and "princeps."

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Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by scott_w on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @11:16AM (#36405216)

That's definitely not correct. The first sentences in Wikipedia date its use to the Roman Kingdom and Republic, long before Augustus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator

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Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @11:19AM (#36405280)

Soldiers hailing their commanders Imperator on the battlefield was a requirement for a triumph under the Republic. Octavian did not invent the title.

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