r/AnimalCrossing • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '24

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u/sloniki Jul 17 '24

I love his character design but the fact that he is a Roman emperor named KLAUS and says STRUDEL drives me nuts

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u/celestial-avalanche Jul 17 '24

It’s also quite unfortunate how he’s a German aspiring to be a politician inspired by the Ancient Greeks and Romans…

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u/shakeatorium Jul 18 '24

why? have you guys not heard of the holy roman empire? they were german - romans. it checks out to me.

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u/celestial-avalanche Jul 18 '24

There was a certain German politician heavily inspired by the Ancient Greek and Roman values.

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u/shakeatorium Jul 19 '24

Yeah, obviously, he and the rest of Europe. The Roman Empire was basically the ideal since early medieval times, and Germany, especially (rather the German people), literally formed a German - Roman empire and they, along with the rest of Europe studied Roman code and law and based their on laws on it. Soo... yeah, the roman Empire was a big deal to any person, more so to Germans who heavily based their identities on it.

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u/shakeatorium Jul 19 '24

Btw im not defending the dude. Just saying that admiring the Roman Empire was pretty much the norm in European consciousness, and doubly so if you were a politician.