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Many titles are derived from Caesar: Καῖσαρ/Καίσαρας, Tsar/Czar, Qays'r/Qas'r, etc.
by 29athrowaway 5y ago
Many titles are derived from Caesar: Καῖσαρ/Καίσαρας, Tsar/Czar, Qays'r/Qas'r, etc.
- hoten 5y agoNot just derived, but some of these can be seen as a claim to a title (in that, there can only be one). That becomes interesting when multiple people/institutions have claimed it at the same time. For example: the Ottoman Empire and the Catholic Church. When the ottomans sacked Constantinople, the Sultan Mehmed assumed the title Ceaser. Interestingly, although they adopted the title officially and used it a lot internally, for diplomatic purposes they would massage the wording a bit when conversing with western countries under the influence of the Church. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_claim_to_Roman_succession#:~:text=Both%20Selim%20and%20Suleiman%20at%20times%20employed%20the%20style%20%22Emperor%20of%20Constantinople%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_claim_to_Roman_success...
- pacificmint 5y agoThe German ‘Kaiser’ as well.