How was the Roman Empire cut in half?

Posted by vahedemirjian@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 12 comments

With a pair of Caesars?

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fh3131@reddit

Haha, I like it. That kinda works literally as well, because when Roman empire split in two (westernand eastern), there were two Caesars

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Awkward_Pangolin3254@reddit

Also on another level: the cognomen "Caesar" from caesus, past participle of caedere, "to cut"

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Morthra@reddit

But "Caesar" is pronounced "Kaiser" which doesn't sound at all like "scissors."

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The anglicised version of the word, which has had an impact on language used elsewhere: caesar salad, caesarian section, caesar cipher, are all clearly pronounced with the alveolar fricative, not the palatar plosive.

You oughn't be obtuse solely for ruining a joke with a firm basis in wordplay.

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wvmusicmaster@reddit

I was thinking the numeral X, cut in half horizontally in the middle is V.

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redbeard387@reddit

Paper cutter, same way they separate Siamese twins.

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CliffsideJim@reddit

Did they call it a "Ceasarian section?"

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roughczech@reddit

Gotta be glad the Romans werent French, they would use a guillotine

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WarderWannabe@reddit

Or just surrender.

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roughczech@reddit

Or like the Romans have an orgy about it

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JoruusCBaoth@reddit

Et two brutes

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Saschasdaddy@reddit

Pizza cutter.