03-30-2016, 08:34 AM
(03-23-2016, 08:21 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: Calling the emperor Caesar neatly got around the distaste for monarchy: it was originally a personal name, but had come to denote the Princeps.
Oh, did they actually do that? I knew the emperors took 'Caesar' as a name, but I thought using it to address them was a sort of Hollywood-ism. I didn't realise it was actually true. I always assumed that Caesar referred to the heir, and Augustus was the name used by the emperors. In that case, Caesar might be the best option to use (unless, as you say, it is a soldier addressing him).
(03-23-2016, 08:21 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: Fergus Millar's The Emperor in the Roman World is probably the book to check - dense but brilliant
Thank you; I shall endeavour to find a copy of this book.
(03-24-2016, 07:07 AM)Alanus Wrote: "Hey! What's up, Dude?"
Ha! If only...
David Hobday
