eli5: If the sun revolves around the galaxy, why do we still see the same constellation that was discovered by the Romans (probably 1000s of years ago). surely they should have been scattered by now due to revolution of the sun combined with the revolution of the earth around with sun

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The sun is in the milky way galaxy, funfact, all galaxies are milky ways, and along with the sun, so is every star we see in the sky.
So while the sun has moved quite far in the past thousand years, so did all other stars, at most there would be a 5-15 degree change, but overall it would not be noticed, even if you picked up a roman astronomer and let em see todays night sky.