# If you made up a Roman god of traffic control, what would be its name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398 "2023-10-31T22:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/41 "2023-11-18T01:14:39Z")
True. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/42 "2023-11-18T02:21:39Z")
Ingenious idea! When I think of the perversity of the traffic gods - classis omnibus comes to mind ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/43 "2023-11-18T04:34:20Z")
[Motor bus.](https://formalverse.com/2021/04/28/odd-poem-motor-bus-macaronic-poem-by-a-d-godley/) Domine, defende nos Contra hos Motores Bos! ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/44 "2023-11-19T17:52:03Z")
Biggus Diggus (I just rewatched _Monty Python’s Life of Brian_) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/45 "2023-11-19T18:39:11Z")
Oh, man! Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/46 "2023-11-27T02:07:10Z")
Congestus ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/47 "2023-11-27T02:09:17Z")
Sweet. Now I’m going to need to make a list. ---
**Author:** ![IcedSodium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@IcedSodium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcedSodium)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/48 "2024-02-14T21:39:46Z")
I would call it Cesar. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/49 "2024-02-17T01:50:56Z")
Alfa Romeo? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/50 "2024-02-20T00:01:03Z")
Our local roadways seem to be under the authority of the demi-god Constructus Eternus. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/51 "2024-02-20T00:25:46Z")
Does he have an edifice complex? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398/52 "2024-02-20T00:48:56Z")
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