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The Roman empire lasted over a thousand years - but only in the east, in Constantinople. The command structure of the empire lives on today in the Catholic chu
by barrkel 9y ago
The Roman empire lasted over a thousand years - but only in the east, in Constantinople.
The command structure of the empire lives on today in the Catholic church, but of course it's not a continuation.
- peterburkimsher 9y agoWhen the Ottomans sacked Constantinople, didn't the intellectuals just move back to Rome and start the Renaissance? Intellectually I'd say that history is pretty continuous. The greatest loss was not the "fall" of Rome, but the destruction of Mayan history during the Spanish conquest (they had developed writing separately - along with the Chinese, Phoenicians, and Arabs).
- jcranmer 9y agoLess the Ottomans sacking it than the Fourth Crusade doing that job. Constantinople was a pretty sad city in the 1440s; the Ottomans actually revived the city back into a major metropolis.