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minus-squareOsaErisXero@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoIf anything, it’s a little based of the Romans. They didn’t come in and rename them all Claudius Flavius or Biggus Dickus or whatever, they just asked the locals for their names, wrote them down, and left them as what the locals called them.
minus-squareerp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoDon’t forget the imperial timekeeper, Favious Flav. Yeeeaaah, boyyy!
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYeah but how many times can you hear the same name be given and not go “Wait I think we might be doing this wrong…”
If anything, it’s a little based of the Romans. They didn’t come in and rename them all Claudius Flavius or Biggus Dickus or whatever, they just asked the locals for their names, wrote them down, and left them as what the locals called them.
Don’t forget the imperial timekeeper, Favious Flav. Yeeeaaah, boyyy!
Yeah but how many times can you hear the same name be given and not go “Wait I think we might be doing this wrong…”