They were conquered by the Romans, after all. I'm sure even the people in Gaul, Spain, North Africa, etc all considered themselves Roman or at least Roman-esqueOriginally Posted by the_handsome_viking
Re: Byzantine Empire Imperium Graecorum or Imperium Romanum??
They were conquered by the Romans, after all. I'm sure even the people in Gaul, Spain, North Africa, etc all considered themselves Roman or at least Roman-esqueYeah, it's quite an interesting subject really, Roman identity politics that is, not even most people of the Italian peninsula could really consider themselves to be Roman latins, and even the Turks having conquered the Eastern Roman Empire considered themselves to be Eastern Romans.
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