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[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

I know I'm furthering the immature narrative, butt: