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minus-squareFontasia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down2·2 天前“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-up14·2 天前You’re making a joke but people in the Byzantine empire called themselves Roman. Greeks living in 1920s Turkey still called themselves Roman.
minus-squareWirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 天前And this is how we end up with like over 4 “true” roman empires.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 天前Roman Polanski calls himself Roman.
“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.
And this is how we end up with like over 4 “true” roman empires.
Roman Polanski calls himself Roman.