• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Romans got to determine the terminology that people would use for thousands of years.

      Celts got their culture disrespected and forgotten.

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        5 months ago

        Idk. Feels like splitting hairs.

        On one hand you’re right about the culture thing. On the other hand imagine a translation mistake lasting thousands of years.

        • OsaErisXero@kbin.run
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          5 months ago

          If anything, it’s a little based of the Romans. They didn’t come in and rename them all Claudius Flavius or Biggus Dickus or whatever, they just asked the locals for their names, wrote them down, and left them as what the locals called them.