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> Did you know that after the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed viewed himself as the successor of the Roman Empire and declared himself "C
by nitwit005 8y ago
> Did you know that after the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed viewed himself as the successor of the Roman Empire and declared himself "Caesar of Rome"?
I was previously curious how many countries declared themselves to be the heirs of the Roman empire, and I found there is something of a wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome
- LoSboccacc 8y agoputting the EU in that list is fishy and a reminder that Wikipedia is not a reliable source, especially for evaluating contemporary information.
- nitwit005 8y agoI'm sure everyone will be shocked to hear such things of an article that begins with a highlighted "The neutrality of this article is disputed.".
- LoSboccacc 8y agopeople are literally linking it as source but ok. https://xkcd.com/978/ https://xkcd.com/978/