InvalidChickenEater 92 points93 points 1 month ago

Idiotic name, pretentious as fuck

skullkrusher2115 20 points21 points 1 month ago

To be fare, if I was Italian, I would name my child after one of those romans.

cannotfoolowls 31 points32 points 1 month ago

I don't dislike ancient roman names but using three names is already pretentious.Being a descendant of Mussolini and naming your child after the guy who essentially ended the Republic...


AmArschdieRaeuber 7 points8 points 1 month ago

Also Mussolini wanted to rebuild the roman empire, so the name kind of shows the fascist tendencies of the parents.

vladimirnovak 8 points9 points 1 month ago

The republic was corrupt and the early empire was sure as fuck much better than it.

dongasaurus 1 point2 points 1 month ago

Eh, both sucked. It went from a 'republic' where most people had no citizenship or representation to an empire where far more people had citizenship but were ruled at the whim of a single man.

BuurmanLimburgLimburg (Netherlands) 10 points11 points 1 month ago

How is using three names prententious. Most people i know have three names some even 4. That is just culture.

Tbf nobody actually really uses them

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AngelsAndInsxItaly 3 points4 points 1 month ago

Middle names aren't really a thing in Italy, most of us only have our first name, and having multiple names or surnames reminds of nobility, so that's probably why

amaROenuZ 1 point2 points 1 month ago

Nnnnaaaah. Sulla ended the republic, Julius Caesar just put the nails in the coffin.

Chinoiserie91Finland 0 points1 point 1 month ago

Augustus ended the Republic, Caesar could have retkeen like Sulla.

Chinoiserie91Finland 7 points8 points 1 month ago

Using the full name and the name of the most famous Roman is extremely pretentious however and cringe worthy. But there are especially many beautiful names for women you could use without it being even very noticeable like Julia, Aurelia, Cornelia and Octavia.

RagnarokToast 7 points8 points 1 month ago

Fascism and names go way back. Back in 1939 the regime established an award for mothers of 7+ living or KIA children, and an award was granted for every child given "patriotic" names, such as those born by the royal family, or Benito, among the rest.

One of my mother's high school teacher, known to be from a fascist family, was named "Patria", which literally translates to "homeland". Imagine being so delusionally nostalgic of your own country's darkest times that you name your daughter Homeland.

constant_hawk 2 points3 points 1 month ago

Dulce et decorum pro Patria labori.

wheresmyzebraSlovenia 1 point2 points 1 month ago

At least they should've gone with someone like Belisarius. Julius was a traitor to the republic.

CICaesarItaly 0 points1 point 1 month ago


AmArschdieRaeuber -1 points0 points 1 month ago

It's what il dunce had wanted. Also Caesar basically means Emperor, which is both megalomanic and not a real name.

MyNewThing 10 points11 points 1 month ago

it means emperor because of the guy

Chinoiserie91Finland 6 points7 points 1 month ago

Caesar is a real name, it was both his real name and many people actually still use it as a real last name or first name (sometimes spelled as Cesar). It became a title over generations of Julio-Claudian Emperors usuing it as last name (since they were all same family by adoption). Augustus was the main title at the time and Imperator which means commander is where Emperor came from. Princips was also a title were Prince came form.

AmArschdieRaeuber 1 point2 points 1 month ago

That's interesting. The rest is still true though.

Chinoiserie91Finland 1 point2 points 1 month ago

I agree the context and using the full name before a surname makes it ridiculous.

TiscoOfTheDesert 0 points1 point 1 month ago
  1. Duce*
  2. Kaiser and other similar words got their meaning after Caesar, not the other way around. It's a name from the gens Iula and the italian version Cesare is common and used a lot.

AmArschdieRaeuber 0 points1 point 1 month ago

I know that it's duce, but I don't respect that man very much, so I called him dunce. You're correct with the other thing though.