Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-97.81.240.58-20130603234626/@comment-6707115-20130625152144

Knight of Camlorn wrote: I Like Bow Ties Bow Ties Are Cool wrote: They are right Talos was great man but he was no god. He was not a chuffing great man! Get that shit outta here!

Talos is basically the Elder Scrolls equivalent of Alexander the Great and Augustus. Talos conquered/ruled the known world and was apotheosized upon death. Alexander conquered Asia (as much as Greek civilization knew existed at the time), and Augustus launched the Pax Romana (after Talos conquered all of Tamriel there was a great peace for a couple centuries until the War of the Red Diamond, so basically it was the Pax Talosia). Lastly both Alexander and Augustus were considered gods (and worshiped as such) after their deaths; both men are even considered Great despite all thier actions to reach the top (Alexander and Augustus were utterly ruthless).

Remember, being called Great simply means you had outstanding achievements that benefited the world while also reshaping it ( or a large part of it). Just look up what most of the figures known as Great did to recieve that title, Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Alexander the Great, Peter the Great( modernized Russia and built St. Petersburg), Cyrus the Great (created the first Persian Empire).

So really Talos/Tiber Septim would deserve to be on Tamriel's great list with Reman Cyrodil ( and rank higher too) for bringing peace and stability to Tamriel, while also wiping the floor with the First Aldmeri Dominion (Numidium).