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Eastern Rome (wrongly called Byzantine, something most people then wouldn't even have known what Byzantium is) went on and was fully the Rome Empire. It never a

Eastern Rome (wrongly called Byzantine, something most people then wouldn't even have known what Byzantium is) went on and was fully the Rome Empire. It never actually fell. All the learning and information was continued for the most part. Sadly even they had a lot of problems in the 'dark age' (not a good name either). First their was the Justinian Plague and then they had a lot of civil war and conflict over Iconoclasm. In general because of how Europe developed, and how the Renaissance happened in terms of intellectual history a lot of this history is only remember by very few people. By 1000AD the Roman Empire was still going strong, being the most powerful state in along the Mediterranean. Edit: Check 'The History of Byzantium' Podcast, a follow on from the 'History of Rome' Podcast but by a different person. Thersites the Historian has lot of good content on yt, for example https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEQru6POYgetKOdzDYaLyjBkymSN9XeyY https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEQru6POYgetKOdzDYaLy...

johnnycerberus 5y ago
It never actually fell. I've heard that the continuity of the Byzantine Empire was assured by the Cantacuzino branch [1] that emigrated north to what we call today Romania and they played a role in the creation of the country along freemasonry. Actually, Romania is an invention of the freemasonry and one of the Cantacuzinos descendants was an official member, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino.[2] Sounds like an Assasins's Creed saga but it is true. Exctract from Wikipedia: "In advance of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, a Freemason-inspired secret society known as Frăţia ("The Brotherhood") was set up. Ion Ghica, Nicolae Bălcescu, Christian Tell, Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Cezar Bolliac, Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, C. A. Rosetti, Dimitrie and Ion Brătianu, Alexandru G. Golescu and others belonged to Frăţia and were at the forefront of the revolution." The elite of what was soon-to-become-Romania consisted entirely of people following Masonic principles. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantacuzino_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantacuzino_family [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Romania

johnnycerberus 5y ago

It never actually fell. I've heard that the continuity of the Byzantine Empire was assured by the Cantacuzino branch [1] that emigrated north to what we call today Romania and they played a role in the creation of the country along freemasonry. Actually, Romania is an invention of the freemasonry and one of the Cantacuzinos descendants was an official member, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino.[2] Sounds like an Assasins's Creed saga but it is true. Exctract from Wikipedia: "In advance of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, a Freemason-inspired secret society known as Frăţia ("The Brotherhood") was set up. Ion Ghica, Nicolae Bălcescu, Christian Tell, Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Cezar Bolliac, Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, C. A. Rosetti, Dimitrie and Ion Brătianu, Alexandru G. Golescu and others belonged to Frăţia and were at the forefront of the revolution." The elite of what was soon-to-become-Romania consisted entirely of people following Masonic principles. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantacuzino_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantacuzino_family [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Romania