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It's weird to think that the Eastern Roman Empire only fell 39 years before Columbus discovered America. (At least, it's weird for me. I expect that the Roman
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
It's weird to think that the Eastern Roman Empire only fell 39 years before Columbus discovered America. (At least, it's weird for me. I expect that the Roman Empire - even the eastern version - was a long time earlier.)
- kuchenbecker 3y agoAnd the Russian empire is arguably a continuation of Byzantium / third Roman Empire with a Czar (Caesar) until the Russian Revolution.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoThe first czar was crowned in 1547 (104 years after the end of the Eastern Empire), so I'm not sure that it's a "continuation" in any real way. It may be a continuation in peoples' minds, but it's not a continuation in the way the Eastern Empire was.
- angiosperm 3y agoThe Russians would have wanted you to think so, anyway. Likewise, Fat Carl in France.
- TylerE 3y agoThe eastern wasn’t much of an empire the last few hundred years. Its influence barely extended beyond Constantinople.