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by toyg 619 days ago
Technically, the current Pontifex Maximus is (or at least claims to be) the official inheritor of the original title (which is very likely to pre-date the creation of the surname Caesar in the Julia family).

That's not the case for "senator", which turned into a generic word and it's not directly connected to the Senate of the Roman Republic.