Gregory Aldrete

No, you can't do that. Dictator for life? No way. Maybe I'll call myself Romulus. That was the founder of Rome. No, no, Romulus was a king. And finally, a solution is he takes a bunch of titles which are all ambiguous and And no one of them sounds that impressive, but collectively they are.

No, you can't do that. Dictator for life? No way. Maybe I'll call myself Romulus. That was the founder of Rome. No, no, Romulus was a king. And finally, a solution is he takes a bunch of titles which are all ambiguous and And no one of them sounds that impressive, but collectively they are.

No, you can't do that. Dictator for life? No way. Maybe I'll call myself Romulus. That was the founder of Rome. No, no, Romulus was a king. And finally, a solution is he takes a bunch of titles which are all ambiguous and And no one of them sounds that impressive, but collectively they are.

So, for example, one of the titles he gets is Augustus, which is something tied to Roman religion, something that is Augustus in Latin, has two possible meanings. One is someone who is Augustus is very pious. They respect the gods deeply. Well, that sounds nice, doesn't it? Well, on the other hand, an alternative meaning for Augustus is something that is itself divine.

So, for example, one of the titles he gets is Augustus, which is something tied to Roman religion, something that is Augustus in Latin, has two possible meanings. One is someone who is Augustus is very pious. They respect the gods deeply. Well, that sounds nice, doesn't it? Well, on the other hand, an alternative meaning for Augustus is something that is itself divine.

So, for example, one of the titles he gets is Augustus, which is something tied to Roman religion, something that is Augustus in Latin, has two possible meanings. One is someone who is Augustus is very pious. They respect the gods deeply. Well, that sounds nice, doesn't it? Well, on the other hand, an alternative meaning for Augustus is something that is itself divine.

So is he just a deeply religious, pious person, or is he himself sacred? There's that ambiguity. He calls himself Princeps, which means first citizen. Okay, what the hell does that mean? Am I a citizen just like everybody else or am I the first citizen, which means I'm superior to all the others? So every title he takes has this weird ambiguity.

So is he just a deeply religious, pious person, or is he himself sacred? There's that ambiguity. He calls himself Princeps, which means first citizen. Okay, what the hell does that mean? Am I a citizen just like everybody else or am I the first citizen, which means I'm superior to all the others? So every title he takes has this weird ambiguity.

So is he just a deeply religious, pious person, or is he himself sacred? There's that ambiguity. He calls himself Princeps, which means first citizen. Okay, what the hell does that mean? Am I a citizen just like everybody else or am I the first citizen, which means I'm superior to all the others? So every title he takes has this weird ambiguity.

He calls himself Imperator, which is traditionally something that soldiers shout at a victorious general who's won a battle. And now he takes this as a permanent title. So it implies he's a good general. And by the way, it's from imperator that we get the word emperor, an empire. So originally, it's a military title, a spontaneous military acclamation.

He calls himself Imperator, which is traditionally something that soldiers shout at a victorious general who's won a battle. And now he takes this as a permanent title. So it implies he's a good general. And by the way, it's from imperator that we get the word emperor, an empire. So originally, it's a military title, a spontaneous military acclamation.

He calls himself Imperator, which is traditionally something that soldiers shout at a victorious general who's won a battle. And now he takes this as a permanent title. So it implies he's a good general. And by the way, it's from imperator that we get the word emperor, an empire. So originally, it's a military title, a spontaneous military acclamation.

Turmoil that led to the civil wars. Well, two things I think work in his favor as well. One is he brings peace and stability. So by this point, the Romans have experienced a hundred years almost of civil war and chaos. So at that point, your family – maybe you've had family members die in these wars or been prescribed. Your property has been confiscated. Who knows what?

Turmoil that led to the civil wars. Well, two things I think work in his favor as well. One is he brings peace and stability. So by this point, the Romans have experienced a hundred years almost of civil war and chaos. So at that point, your family – maybe you've had family members die in these wars or been prescribed. Your property has been confiscated. Who knows what?

Turmoil that led to the civil wars. Well, two things I think work in his favor as well. One is he brings peace and stability. So by this point, the Romans have experienced a hundred years almost of civil war and chaos. So at that point, your family – maybe you've had family members die in these wars or been prescribed. Your property has been confiscated. Who knows what?

And here's a guy who brings peace and stability and doesn't seem oppressive or cruel or whatever. So you're like, okay, fine. I don't care. Maybe he's killed the republic, but at least we're not dying in the streets anymore. So that's a big thing he does. And secondly – Even though Augustus always seemed kind of sickly, his constitution, he lives forever. He rules for like 50 years.

And here's a guy who brings peace and stability and doesn't seem oppressive or cruel or whatever. So you're like, okay, fine. I don't care. Maybe he's killed the republic, but at least we're not dying in the streets anymore. So that's a big thing he does. And secondly – Even though Augustus always seemed kind of sickly, his constitution, he lives forever. He rules for like 50 years.

And here's a guy who brings peace and stability and doesn't seem oppressive or cruel or whatever. So you're like, okay, fine. I don't care. Maybe he's killed the republic, but at least we're not dying in the streets anymore. So that's a big thing he does. And secondly – Even though Augustus always seemed kind of sickly, his constitution, he lives forever. He rules for like 50 years.

And by the time he dies, there's no one literally almost left alive who can remember the republic. So at that point, by the time he dies, this is the only system we know.

And by the time he dies, there's no one literally almost left alive who can remember the republic. So at that point, by the time he dies, this is the only system we know.