> between the imperial might of Old Rome and its remnants in Italia After more than a thousand years that's true. But Rome remained the "universal [Christian]

> between the imperial might of Old Rome and its remnants in Italia After more than a thousand years that's true. But Rome remained the "universal [Christian] Empire" well into the middle ages. In a way didn't really matter if its capital was in Constantinople or Aachen or Rome. Or if its ruler spoke Latin, Greek or even German. Its ~35 years since the the collapse of the USSR, its cultural identity has pretty much disappeared.