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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 pok
by erulabs 3y ago
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!
- fngjdflmdflg 3y ago>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).