#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

7169.444 - 7196.705 Gregory Aldrete

I mean, even the literal names of most rulers afterwards come from this. In Russia, the czars are… Caesars, that's where czar comes from. Prince comes from princeps, first citizen, one of the titles. Emperor comes from imperator, one of the titles of Augustus. When Napoleon becomes emperor, what does he call himself? First consul, which is kind of like princeps. And then he calls himself emperor.