Was Tiberius II the Tiberius the Second officially? Had Tiberius II taken this ordinal number in order to emphasize the continuity of a title of Augustus from the old times of ancient Rome or it is just something like consideration of modern historians: "Ok, let us count him as a second one"? The same question for Tiberius III. Thank you.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Just finished reading the book "Tiberius - A Study in Resentment" and I found a HUGE number of similarities between the Primarch of the Iron Warriors and the Roman Empire's second emperor, both personality-wise and who they grew to resent and despise, and why.

A part of me couldn't help compare the two. Tiberius was even as a young man referred to as 'the saddest of men', due in large part to his upbringing of living with his father, a senator with strong Republican leanings who was essentially exiled for life. And from the period of his father's death onwards, he was forced to essentially live with the two people whom he blamed for his father's misery and sadness: his mother and his step father.

Work-wise, he was a diligent and intelligent youth, and became an incredibly successful general, one of Rome's best actually due to his tactical acumen, but neither he nor Augustus ever got along. Augustus frequently promoted Marcellus or his own grandsons ahead of Tiberius, especially after Tiberius' brother's death, as it was often rumored that Drusus, his bro, was Augustus' own son. Whether it's true or not never seemed to affect Tiberius, who adores his brother and was said to be incredibly heartbroken by his death.

He was happily married to Vispania, Agrippa's daughter. However, when it became obvious that he was the only remaining choice for succession, despite Augustus looking for anyone else, Tiberius was forced to divorce his wife and marry Julia, Augustus' daughter, hence another reason for growing resentment towards the Julian family. Interesting note - Tiberius only had two children with Vispania, one of whom died shortly after birth, though they were married for 10 years, and it wasn't until over six or seven years they were married that she was pregnant with his son Drusus II (Castor), meaning several things:

1. He was not someone who warmed up to people quickly
2. Possibly impotent, not physically necessarily but emotionally

This no doubt was one of the many, many issues between he and Julia (not counting her constantly humiliating him with her cheating), and when she wrote her letter to her father disparaging him it wasn't for his low birth or position (he was a Claudian and she was a Julian, they were nuovo riche where his was old nobility), it most likely had to do with his coldness and inability or unwillingness to consummate their relationship to her satisfaction.

Not to mention the fact that he genuinely loved Vispania and her marriage

Source: Harry Potter / Meaningful Name - TV Tropes

Harry Potter: The name Harry is a medieval English masculine given name which derives from the name Henry, which means "home ruler" or "power." "To harry" (verb) can also mean "to destroy" (Horcruxes). Truly a badass name that fits our hero who defeated Voldemort.

James Potter: The name James is an English masculine given name which has the same origins as the name Jacob from the Bible. Both names mean "supplanter" (which means substitute), and one might think that James "supplanted" Snape's place in Lily's heart (IMO it's bs, I'm Team Jily all the way). This is most likely a coincidence, as James is a very common name in the English-speaking world.

Lily Potter (née Evans): The name Lily is an English feminine given name that derives from the flower of the same name; lilies symbolise purity and innocence and are commonly used in funerals. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Snape's question, "What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" has a deeper meaning. Asphodel is a type of lily and means 'remembered beyond the tomb’ or ‘my regrets follow you to the grave’; in other words, Snape was telling Harry, "I bitterly regret Lily's death."

Petunia Dursley (née Evans): In the Victorian language of flowers, petunias represent resentment and anger, reminiscent of Petunia's jealousy and resentment towards Lily.

Hermione Granger: The name Hermione is the feminine variation of Hermes, the name of the Greek god who represents knowledge and intelligence (also in astrology, Hermes/Mercury represents Gemini or Virgo, and Hermione is a Virgo born on 19 September). In addition, Hermione's initials, HG, is the chemical symbol for Mercury (Hermes's Roman name).

Ron Weasley: The name Ronald is derived from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, meaning "ruler's advice," a possible reference to Ron's status as the protagonist Harry (whose name means ruler)'s sidekick.

All the Weasleys' names originate from either the Arthurian legends (ex) Arthur, Percy/Percival, Ginny/Ginevra/Guinevere) or the names of British royals (ex) Molly/Mary, Bill/William, Charlie/Charles, Fred/Frederick, George). While the name Ronald recalls "Rhongomyniad," the name of King Arthur's spear, the fact that there are no characters from the Arthurian legends or British royals named Ronald highlights Ron's feeling of being left out as the onl

PART 2: THE LONG AND TUMULTUOUS SHARED HISTORY OF ROMANCE AND GERMANIC NATIONS

This is Part 2-D-ζ, the direct continuation of 2-D-ε, which you can find here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AttackOnRetards/comments/rg7hri/continuation_of_my_previous_posts_about_the/

2-D: THE OTHER ROMANCE AND GERMANIC NATIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES

2-D-ζ: ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL SWITZERLAND

ROMAN ERA (read more here)

In 58 BCE, the Helvetii tried to evade migratory pressure from Germanic tribes by moving into Gaul, but were stopped and defeated at Bibracte (near modern-day Autun) by Julius Caesar's armies and then sent back. In 15 BCE, Tiberius and Drusus conquered the Alps, and the region became integrated into the Roman Empire: the Helvetii settlement area became part first of Gallia Belgica and later of the province of Germania Superior, while the eastern part was integrated into the Roman province of Raetia.

https://preview.redd.it/cl5fujwizh681.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d7f9db06898912407765b6437e634dae138f77c

The following 300 years saw extensive Roman settlement, including the construction of a road network and the founding of many settlements and cities. The center of Roman occupation was at Aventicum (Avenches), other cities were founded at Arbor Felix (Arbon), Augusta Raurica (Kaiseraugst near Basel), Basilea (Basel), Curia (Chur), Genava (Genève), Lousanna (Lausanne), Octodurum (Martigny, controlling the pass of

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

This is the thread for Star_Trek's Star Trek Rewatch for December 10th 2021. (71)

This week we'll be watching TOS Season 3 Episode 15: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

First air: 10 January 1969

Teaser Description:
The crew of the Enterprise find themselves caught in the middle of an intractable conflict with a bizarre fugitive alien and his equally belligerent pursuer.

Details

Filmed between 4 October 1968 and 14 October 1968.

Cast:
Capt. James Tiberius Kirk played by William Shatner (W)
LtCdr. Spock played by Leonard Nimoy (W)
Dr. Leonard McCoy played by DeForest Kelley (W)

Lt. Hikaru Sulu played by George Takei (W)
Enl. Pavel Chekov played by Walter Koenig (W)
Nurse Christine Chapel played by Majel Barrett (W)

ChEng Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott played by James Doohan (W)
Lt. Nyota Uhura played by Nichelle Nichols (W)

Lokai played by Lou Antonio (W)
Bele played by Frank Gorskin (W)

Written by Gene L. Coon (as Lee Cronin) [(W)

It really does, I swear!

The entities in Project Blue Book.

Various sightings of the entities manifesting around the world.

More corporeal sightings of the entities.

These phenomena are some of the major activities of the entities on Earth.

Global captures of the entities in their energy vehicles above Earth.

Entities near the surface, without materializing into their bodily forms.

Various recorded bodily manifestations of the fallen entities reveal that these creatures usually take on a sentient bipedal form when terrorizing human victim(s).

As it is with most paranormal encounters with strange and frightful beings, balls of light are always associated with the phenomena before, during, and after the encounter(s).

These beings can pass through walls/doors/objects to paralyze victims with fear and/or briefly abduct victims. Sometimes following this, victims experience what is called "missing time."

The entities are responsible for the grisly and bizarre Cattle Mutilations.

The entities are also responsible for the genuine overnight Crop Circles.

All of the surreal phenomena shown thus far has in fact occurred throughout the entirety of recorded human history - from the current day to the medieval period and beyond into ancient life thousands of years ago.

Critical art depicts the major experiences, and many stories were written down in the annals.

Below is an extraordinary list of sightings and encounters of the entities recorded throughout human history happening back in the 20th century to ancient times and beyond - ages before the industrial revolution and the first human pow

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/WSdHNyE

I’m back!

New ancient coins plus some other coin types for sale!

As always, here is what i have!

PS: Most of these coins have some sort of provenance whether from an auction, collection, retail shop, etc. If you would like a little info card to come with your coin(s), just ask and ill make it for you!

ANCIENTS

Greek

-Ionia, Phokaia, 530-500BC. AR tetartemorion .2g, 6mm. Obv: Head of griffin left Rev: Quadripartite incuse square. Lovely depiction of the griffin in great shape overall! https://imgur.com/a/8bbLeLT 30USD plus shipping sold

-Persia,Achaemenid Empire. AR Siglos, 5.35 g. 16 mm. Time of Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC, Sardes mint. Obv: Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow. Rev: Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17. No doubt an iconic series of the famous persian kings, possibly minted around the time of the battle of Thermopylae when Xerxes invaded Greece! https://imgur.com/a/54LZl8D 45USD plus shipping

-Asia Minor, aeolis kyme(?) AR tetartemorion (7mm, 0.3g) mid 5th century BCE. Obv: Horse facing right(?), Rev: single incuse square punch An interesting and rare coin you do not come across everyday, a nice small novelty coin! https://imgur.com/a/PJGpwjR 33USD plus ship

-Pisida, Selge.( Silver.0.85 g. 11mm ) Circa 350-300 BC. AR Obol Obv: Front facing gorgon(like medusa) with protruding tongue. Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, astragalos. SNG Paris 1930-1934. SNG von Aulock 5266 A very interesting obol type with an iconic portrait of a famous greek mythological creature! https://imgur.com/a/ubMv2ce 50USD plus ship

-Kings of Macedon, Alexander The Great AR Drachm, 4,20g, 17mm. Abydos mint. Struck ca 310-301 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress Rev: Zeus seated left; ME monogram on left; ivy-leaf below throne. Price 1560. A lovely and good quality example of alexander the great with a nice, well defined zeus on the reverse (look at his muscles!) https://imgur.com/a/yDL86L7 50USD plus ship sold

-Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-221BCE), Bronze tetrobol, 38mm, 46g. struck 246-230BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv: Horned portrait of Zeus ammon facing right, wearing taenia. Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), eagle standing half left on fulmen, wings closed, head right, f

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

The Catholic Church, from at least the second century, has claimed that Christ was born on December 25. However, it is commonly alleged that our Lord Jesus Christ was not born on December 25. For the sake of simplicity, let us set out the usual objections to the date of December 25 and counter each of them. Objection 1: December 25 was chosen in order to replace the pagan Roman festival of Saturnalia. Saturnalia was a popular winter festival and so the Catholic Church prudently substituted Christmas in its place. Reply to Objection 1: Saturnalia commemorated the winter solstice. Yet the winter solstice falls on December 22. It is true that Saturnalia celebrations began as early as December 17 and extended till December 23. Still, the dates don’t match up. Objection 2: December 25 was chosen to replace the pagan Roman holiday Natalis Solis Invicti which means “Birthday of the Unconquered Sun.” Reply to Objection 2: Let us examine first the cult of the Unconquered Sun. The Emperor Aurelian introduced the cult of the Sol Invictus or Unconquered Sunto Rome in A.D. 274. Aurelian found political traction with this cult, because his own name Aurelianderives from the Latin word aurora denoting “sunrise.” Coins reveal that Emperor Aurelian called himself the Pontifex Solis or Pontiff of the Sun. Thus, Aurelian simply accommodated a generic solar cult and identified his name with it at the end of the third century. Most importantly, there is no historical record for a celebration Natalis Sol Invictus on December 25 prior to A.D. 354. Within an illuminated manuscript for the year A.D. 354, there is an entry for December 25 reading “N INVICTI CM XXX.” Here N means “nativity.” INVICTI means “of the Unconquered.” CM signifies “circenses missus” or “games ordered.” The Roman numeral XXX equals thirty. Thus, the inscription means that thirty games were order for the nativity of the Unconquered for December 25th. Note that the word “sun” is not present. Moreover, the very same codex also lists “natus Christus in Betleem Iudeae” for the day of December 25. The phrase is translated as “birth of Christ in Bethlehem of Judea.”[i] The date of December 25th only became the “Birthday of the Unconquered Sun” under the Emperor Julian the Apostate. Julian the Apostate had been a Christian but who had apostatized and returned to Roman paganism. History reveals that it was the hateful former Christian Emperor that erected a pagan holiday on December 25. Think about that for a moment.

I won't be doing that today!

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You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

Mal'akhim entities in Project Blue Book.

Various sightings of Mal'akhim entities manifesting around the world.

More sightings of Mal'akhim entities.

These phenomena are major examples of Mal'akhim activity on the Earth.

Global captures of Mal'akhim entities in their energy vehicles above Earth.

Mal'akhim entities near the surface, without materializing into their bodily forms.

Various recorded bodily manifestations of the fallen Mal'akhim reveal that these creatures usually take on a sentient bipedal form when terrorizing human victim(s).

As it is with most paranormal encounters with strange and frightful beings, balls of light are always associated with the phenomena before, during, and after the encounter(s).

These beings can pass through walls/doors/objects to paralyze victims with fear and/or briefly abduct victims. Sometimes following this, victims experience what is called "missing time."

https://reddit.com/link/q7rwmn/video/bekl8adkybt71/player

Leaked U.S. military footage from 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan show an encounter with a group of these Mal'akhim entities at night, as seen in the video above through a FLiR system. An A-10 Warthog is called in and fires precision laser-guided Sidewinder missiles at the objects, and the missiles reach them at 0:32 in the video. The missiles struck their mark and detonated straight into them. Shockingly, after the great force of being struck by an explosive detonation, the objects don't fall away or even budge slightly, continuing their course as if nothing had just occurred. The inexplicability of this event is jolting proof of the paraphysical and interdimensional nature of these objects, which are the entities themselves.

All of the aerial phenomena described and shown thus far actually stretches back throughout the entirety of recorded human history - from the cur

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "