Context: Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Ponte y Palacios Blanco also known as Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary figure and namesake for the country of Bolivia.

The Victorian Era is named after Queen Victoria and her depressing clothing choices.

Caesar Salad is named after a Mexican Italian chef, Caesar Cardini. Who is well known for overseeing the Roman Republics collapse into an empire.

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[–] [S] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

Huh, learn something new everyday. Thanks for sharing that.

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  • The sentence right after makes it pretty obvious why too:

    Although caesarean sections were performed in Roman times, no classical source records a mother surviving such a delivery, while Caesar's mother lived for years after his birth.

    There was no proper understanding (or possibility) of sterile surgery back then, so a c-section was just a death sentence.

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