• MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.websiteEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    I can’t understand why we get Mark Antony instead of Marcus Antonius or something.

    Were historians like “Nah fuck this guy, Ima give him a grimy anglicized name lol”

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
      7·
      9 days ago

      Blame Shakespeare! He used the Anglicization “Mark Antony” in his plays, including in his play “Julius Caesar”, and now it’s an entrenched part of the English language.