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Yea I think it’s a fair argument that the last gasp of the Roman Empire ended in world war 1
by tsunamifury 3y ago
Yea I think it’s a fair argument that the last gasp of the Roman Empire ended in world war 1
- xandrius 3y agoIf you forget Italian fascists trying to bring it back, otherwise you could push it to the end of WWII
- kibwen 3y agoUnfortunately, Putin still occasionally invokes Russia as the successor to the Eastern Roman Empire in an attempt to justify his imperial ambitions, so we're still riding this train.
- sorokod 3y agoThere is a Russian name for Istanbul - Царьгра́д (Tsargrad). The relevancy of this traditional name in our time can be glimpsed from the media org tsargrad.tv , a Russian equivalent of fox news.
- vik0 3y agoIt's not just a Russian name, it's the Slavic name for Constantinople. It's used in all Slavic-speaking countries when teaching Byzantine history, of course, written with slight distortions depending on the Slavic language in question
- alfnor 3y agoThis video claims 2011 https://youtu.be/j-KxS3L9bcM https://youtu.be/j-KxS3L9bcM
- tsunamifury 3y agoSolid point.