" Romans getting a slave to murmur stuff is what we might call "value signalling" these days." ? Virtue Signalling is when people brag, or indirectly brag, or

" Romans getting a slave to murmur stuff is what we might call "value signalling" these days." ? Virtue Signalling is when people brag, or indirectly brag, or overtly indicate their support for some cause, so as to highlight their virtue. It's used in a derogatory sense when people do it in a vapid manner, i.e. write things on Instagram, but otherwise their actions are shallow. That said, that literally a slave was there to remind a General to not believe his own hype is just an incredible degree of self-awareness and social understanding of human nature by the Romans - and an amazing ability to act on it. Could you imagine something along the lines of that these days for celebs, CEOs or in the White House? My gosh.