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It is decidedly chair-like! (infosec.pub)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Explanation: In the Late Roman Republic, after Julius Caesar, of the Populare reformist faction, and the Optimates, the conservative faction, fought a civil war over whether or not to execute Caesar (Caesar was against it), Caesar pardoned most of his former foes without preconditions, in order to prove he was not a despot and did not intend to overthrow the Republic!

However, one suspicion of Caesar's enemies was true - he was certainly an ambitious man, and some ~20 years of being robbed of formal recognition by conservative maneuvering doubtlessly rankled in addition. So while the processes of the Roman Republic continued nominally as normal after he took the title of dictator (itself not unprecedented even in the recent history of the Republic), Caesar made it very clear that he was top dog - taking the right to wear his civic crown (which he earned in combat in his youth for saving a fellow Roman citizen) to cover his balding hairline, and the right to use a curule chair - a kind of fancy folding seat normally used by high-ranking government officials of the Republic when attending to business.

However, Caesar's privilege went a step further - his curule chair was gilded, instead of made out of 'just' ivory, like the other high-ranking officials!

Does this tyrant sit upon a throne!? Or is his privilege decidedly chair-like!?