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curiousGambler605 karma

Sol Invictus basically means “unconquered sun” in Latin and was a late Roman god. Augustus means basically the same thing as the modern word august: majestic in a royal sense. It was a common Roman name as most people probably know. Edit: To clarify based on some comments, it was a common Roman epithet worn by many emperors over the centuries as an homage to the OG Augustus, adopted son of Julius Caesar and the first emperor of Rome. When I say common name, I don’t mean people were walking around calling themselves Augustus, so styling himself with it in 2018 is just as absurd as using the name of a god.

To apply those names to yourself in 2018 is a sure sign of insanity, and the dangerous, messianic kind at that.

curiousGambler41 karma

I think this is a great suggestion.

Folks imagine history is some dull retelling of the past, but in fact it is very similar to journalism: a singular conclusion is desired, but difficult to surmise among conflicting and incomplete information from sources of varying quality. The challenge is weighing all this information to come to a useful conclusion while acknowledging it is not the only possibility.

Journalism is just history in real time, and I’m sure I’m not the first person to say that.

curiousGambler39 karma

Real programmers' egos are at optimal inflation...

curiousGambler27 karma

Octavian’s rebrand to Augustus was the Phillip-Morris/Altria of the ancient world 😂

curiousGambler23 karma

Lower salaries for software engineers and higher taxes are the only reasons I haven’t tried to move there.