>This agglomeration which was called and which still calls

>>1615623
>Western
Cardinal direction is relative
>Roman
Couldn't defend Rome; most of the military force was Germanic and even an emperor was Germanic
>Empire
Only in name. A true empire would have been able to control the Germanics

>>1615623
>Most
This is subjective
>Serene
Bad stuff happened, it wasn't serene
>Republic
The doge was just a puppet of the oligarchy

>French
Derives from Frank which was a Germanic tribe not Gallic
>Empire
Can't even defend colonies

>france
>franc

It isnt even frankish anymore as it is a conglomeration of gaulls and what not being mushed together under more and more secular nationalism.

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>>1615623
>Eastern 'Roman' Empire
>Western Roman 'Empire'
>'Holy' 'Roman' 'Empire'

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>Free
>Syrian
>Army

>>1615723
That's not what it means by serene

>>1615766
>>1615733
GERMans on suicide watch holy shit

>United
>States
>America

lmao

>>1616377
This one is actually pretty good desu

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>>1616377
Did your that?Is it Bashar Assad thread?

I'll post this in every >H>R>E thread

HOLY
>included the Papal States for hundreds of years
>coronation by the Pope
>defender of Christendom
>sent knights to the Crusades
>converted pagans

ROMAN
>contained northern Italy
>inheritors of Rome (Byzantine LARPers were not)
>occupied equivalent area in the West
>beacon of Western civilization along with France and Britain

EMPIRE
>it should be 'reich' i.e. 'realm'
>no colonies, but a collection of largely independent units

>>1616377
Usual I'd bitch about the 20-year rule but this one is really good.

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> Democratic
> People's Republic
> of Korea

/his/ was a mistake.

>>1617919
>holy
multiple rulers excommunicated by the pope
>roman
Italian states broke free and the HRE never embraced Roman Ideals
>empire
germans circlejerk

>>1617919
Byzantium was the direct descendant of the Roman Empire

>>1617927
no it is in korea, it's just not democratic, nor for or of the people, nor a republic

>>1615623

>Of
>German
>Nations

>>1615623
>Empire
>adjective
HEIL GRAMMAR

>Anti-Fascist
>Protective
>Wall

>Democracy
>with
>Korean Features

>>1615631
This had to be bait but still.
Yes the direction is relative, relative to the other part of the Roman empire.
Roman, couldn't defend Rome. So France wasn't French because it couldn't defend France in ww2?
Empire: yes an empire, ruled over by an emperor who held actual authority.

>>1616377
O i am laffin m8

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>chosen
>people
>of israel