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If Jesus (and presumably all his early followers) spoke Aramaic, and the Roman Empire was largely responsible historically for the spread of Christianity, why does the religion take its name from Christos rather than Rex?

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If Jesus (and presumably all his early followers) spoke Aramaic, and the Roman Empire was largely responsible historically for the spread of Christianity, why does the religion take its name from Christos rather than Rex?	7