Childhood is when you idolize the Roman Empire. Adulthood is

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istanbul not constantinople ok praise allah

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>rome≠byzantium

That can be interpreted in a number of ways
>Childhood when you idolize the Eastern Roman Empire
>Adulthood when you realise that western historians were right and that sorry greek heretic state has no claim for that name praise Pope and Charlemagne ok

>Patrician = Roman Republic

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>>1970508
This. Also Caesar was a fag.

>>1970455
You forgot your tripcode faggot

>>1970445
Fuck off Byzantine shill. Byzantine fags can't even speak Latin. The Holy Roman Empire is the true heir to Rome.

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Adulthood is when you realize the Holy Roman Empire makes the most sense

>>1972044
king of Romans was a German title that pontificate never recognized. He was king of Germans before the papal coronation and emperor of Rome only after being crowned by the pope

>>1970445
True is when you realize that these "empires" were just confederations of city states.

Byzantines have better memes