Why can't I have God King with a Theocracy?

[Chandrasekhar]

It more directly translates to "revered" or "venerable." You might not call your aged matriarch of a grandmother divine, but revering her is another matter entirely. I suppose I see how, in context, it could be used to imply divinity, but if you want to get technical, it wasn't the same thing.

 

[Unser Giftzwerg]

Augustus is just a title. Giving the title Augustus (and using said title, which Octavius did) signifies that the bearer of the title is to be looked upon as divine. Therefore, Rome did have divine rulers. That's what Augustus means. ^_^

Well, Ceasar was just a nickname. Julius Ceasar was really Gaius Julius Ceasar, Gaius Julius 'the fair-haired'. Romans had only a score or so names in common use, and there were only so many prominent families, so you ended up with entire corrals full of Gaius Juliuses. Enter the nicknames.

Or so I was led to believe from McCullough's historical novels about Rome. I'm always shakey on her name ... but it is the same author who wrote the Dragonriders of Pern series. (I never read Pern but) The Roman novels are very interesting, but way long and hugely detailed. Highly reccomended to a certain audience; avoid like the plague to others.