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minus-squareFontasia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down2·3 months ago“Hey, you lot, you’re now Byzantines.” “What, no we’re Roman.” “No, it’s cool, it rolls off the tongue, give it a year, you’ll love it.” “No, we’re part of the Roman Empire.” “No, think about it, Byzantine empire. Sounds majestic.” “…” “Catch you later… Bring tithes.”
minus-squarej_overgrens@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoYou’re making a joke but people in the Byzantine empire called themselves Roman. Greeks living in 1920s Turkey still called themselves Roman.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoRoman Polanski calls himself Roman.
minus-squareWirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAnd this is how we end up with like over 4 “true” roman empires.
“Hey, you lot, you’re now Byzantines.”
“What, no we’re Roman.”
“No, it’s cool, it rolls off the tongue, give it a year, you’ll love it.”
“No, we’re part of the Roman Empire.”
“No, think about it, Byzantine empire. Sounds majestic.”
“…”
“Catch you later… Bring tithes.”
You’re making a joke but people in the Byzantine empire called themselves Roman. Greeks living in 1920s Turkey still called themselves Roman.
Roman Polanski calls himself Roman.
And this is how we end up with like over 4 “true” roman empires.