• archon@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Now that you mention it… he’s indeed called Aristoteles in my language… never noticed the spelling difference in english!

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      1 year ago

      Yup. The British did weird stuff to Roman names out of victorian reasons.

      Hadrianus becomes Hadrian, because of anus. They then also shortened others like Pompeius becoming Pompey etc.