While weβre talking about Ulysses, because itβs that kind of night: we know he named himself after the Union general, not the mythical Greek hero, but did Caesar know that? Ulysses S. Grant was a Union general. Anyone as knowledgeable about history as Ulysses and Caesar must have known that the Union fought against slaveryβ the very foundation of the Legion.
I might be reading too much into things, but remember that Ulysses took his name before he found the Dam and learned of the NCR:
Long ago, I crossed the Colorado, the first among the Legion to see Hoover Dam in all its glory⦠an Old World wall, yet bridging two sides. And beyond it, a symbol of a two-headed Bear, an idea great enough to challenge Caesar himself.
So the speeches he gives about turning two flags into one couldnβt have been his original reason for choosing his name. And given what happened to Ulyssesβ tribeβ¦ I canβt help seeing it as a quiet, covert act of rebellion.
Not to mention growing his hair in the way of his former tribe, despite the Legionβs attempts to fully assimilate them, and going around wearing an Old World flag.
