Which symbol in the periodic table is named after an emperor?
Cesium or Caesium was named after the sky blue color (from the Latin “caesii”) associated with its spectral lines. It was not named after Caesar, Julius or otherwise. The Latin cognomen “Caesar” derived from the word “caesaries”, meaning “hair”. The letters used for the symbols of all of the elements are called the Roman Alphabet and the numerals used to represent the Groups of elements are often Roman numerals. These were named after an Empire, not an Emperor.
