A lot of identity politics hinge on whether the Eastern Roman Empire is considered the evolution of Rome or if the Roman Empire fell with the city of Rome. Of c

A lot of identity politics hinge on whether the Eastern Roman Empire is considered the evolution of Rome or if the Roman Empire fell with the city of Rome. Of course this is a "Ship of Theseus" situation, so the discussion typically descend into hand-waving and vague and anachronistic notions of ethnicity.