<story><title>Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain</title><url>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/rare-2100-year-old-gold-coin-bears-name-of-obscure-ruler-from-pre-roman-britain</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>qwerty456127</author><text>&amp;gt; an Iron Age man who said he was as &amp;quot;mighty&amp;quot; as a god&lt;p&gt;I wonder if such people were actually believed (by their followers or by themselves) wielding enormous supernatural powers or if descriptions of this kind were just political flattery.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>huytersd</author><text>It depends on what your definition of a god was. In India for example, you had gods that lived amongst the people and had minor supernatural capabilities. Ram was basically just a very capable leader with no special abilities and he’s venerated as a god. On the other hand you also has Brahma or Shiva who were more omnipotent and all powerful.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain</title><url>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/rare-2100-year-old-gold-coin-bears-name-of-obscure-ruler-from-pre-roman-britain</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>qwerty456127</author><text>&amp;gt; an Iron Age man who said he was as &amp;quot;mighty&amp;quot; as a god&lt;p&gt;I wonder if such people were actually believed (by their followers or by themselves) wielding enormous supernatural powers or if descriptions of this kind were just political flattery.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>asdff</author><text>Say you lived in the iron age in a little camp with your family. You see this really strangely dressed person commanding hundreds or thousands of people to listen to his every whim and demand. You might think he was a wizard or god too, being able to put so many under his spell, maybe you&amp;#x27;d do wise to listen to him too lest you face the consequences of his fanatics.</text></comment>