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Julius Caesar never said "Thank You"

a year ago by PugJesus to c/roughromanmemes

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Litebit 11 points a year ago

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fxomt 9 points a year ago

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flueterflam 7 points a year ago

There are a lot of modern languages that don't have a pure "yes"/"no". Likely, this was not uncommon in history either.

Alternatives to "yes"/"no" in those languages can vary. They generally include methods such as "not (that)" or negating the (sometimes (mis-) implied/interpreted/understood) verb of the question.

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fxomt 7 points a year ago

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pelespirit 6 points a year ago

That's because most people couldn't read or write, so they would shake their head yes or no.

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I have no idea why, I'm just making shit up.

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PugJesus 7 points a year ago

Latin is a very... funny language. Very contextual.

Very rich language in ways to describe violence, though!

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fxomt 7 points a year ago

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Sergio 3 points a year ago

In classical latin, you disagreed by stabbing them, and you agreed by making them emperor.

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