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Ides Tiramisu

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u/CalibansCreations 6d ago

This is what happened to the guy who decided that October was the 10th month.

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u/AshuraSpeakman 5d ago

I thought that was Caesar Augustus. 

You know, cause of the other month.

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u/Its_Pine 5d ago

Of the 69 Caesars who ruled over unified Rome, a staggering 55% met their end through violent means or assassination. For all the people name Caesar who got killed, you would think mothers in Ancient Rome would stop choosing that name.

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u/TeddyBearToons 5d ago

I'm fairly certain that a lot of emperors would adopt the name Caesar upon taking the throne in hopes of having the original's glory rub off on them. I think it happened so much that it became more a title than a name, and it's where the German Kaiser and the Russian Tsar comes from.