People have a proiblem calling it the Roman empire because Rome itself was in other hands by that time. The Byzantine Empire was as Roman as the current American empire is British. Actually, rather less so, since the Americans at least speak English, while the Byzantines spoke Greek.Originally Posted by Patriarch of Constantinople
I think I'll write to my MP tomorrow, applying to become the new governor of the American colonies, citing the Byzantine-Roman link as a precedent.
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