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Re:Do all roads lead to Rome? by erulabs on Monday December 25, 2023 @08:44PM (#38768196)
How could one man refer to himself as anything for 500 years? Also, they did not refer to themselves as emperor because they did not speak English.

Just to poke a few no-history-required holes in your surety!

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Re:Do all roads lead to Rome? by fngjdflmdflg on Monday December 25, 2023 @08:59PM (#38768289)
>no-history-required

I wouldn't be so sure. "Imperātor" is a Latin word meaning "leader" or "commander." "Rex" is the word for "king" which was what the kings of Rome (that is, the emperors) were too ashamed to call themselves. Instead they projected power through endless propaganda while they claimed simply to be "first among the equals" (Princeps).

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