"Darius I" is a stupid name!

[Robert]

It is not really true. In Spain the actual king is named Juan Carlos I, not only Juan Carlos.
Maybe will not ever be a Juan Carlos II, but his name is Juan Carlos I anyway.

It could be silly but is.

That's SO terrible!
Or should I now change my name into Robert Plomp I?

[OzzyKP]

The Plomp dynasty begins!

[pauli]

I, Darius.

[Norselord]

Odd names to leaders has always existed. I can come up with a few from my Danish history: Valdemar Sejr (Valdemar The Conqueror), and Valdemar Atterdag (Valdemar Anotherday?). We even had a king called Harald Bluetooth, and before him Gorm The Old.

I see your point, and I would have a hard time choosing a leader by the name Frederik or Christian in a society based on democracy, running a theatre called monarchy.

But that is reality - fortunately we can go our own ways in CIV

ybrevo

That Harold Bluetooth is the reason that the device has its name.

[dannubis]

I, Darius.

[ColdWizard]

That's SO terrible!
Or should I now change my name into Robert Plomp I?

Of course. When you're first, you need to make sure the historians know that you were the start of your dynasty, otherwise they might give credit to some other Robert Plomp.

[Robert]

I just start to wonder, was the original "Civilization" titled "Sid Meier I's Civilization I"?

[wodan11]

Well, there's always Star Wars, which is really Episide IV (and yes, it said "Episode IV" in the original).

[Robert]

But then the sequels and prequels were already planned!

[wodan11]

But then the sequels and prequels were already planned!

Are you meaning to imply that Darius I didn't know how many kids he would have, or how many parents/grandparents he wanted to proclaim?

Oh, wait....

[Dinner]

They should have called him Darius the Great or something.

[Blaupanzer]

"They" did call him Darius the Great. Note that Cyrus, from that same dynasty but earlier than Darius, is really Cyrus II, but was known as Cyrus the Great.

[Provost Harrison]

As opposed to Cyrus the Mediocre or Cyrus the Pretty Crap. Would anyone dare give their emperor that name, at least at the time of their reign. I can't imagine anyone being anything other than "the Great" at the time. Dubya the Great.

[Blaupanzer]

Darius the Sort of Great, if not for those Greeks.