What did the Western and Eastern Roman empires think of each

>>2829679
Depends on the time period.

They both saw themselves as Rome. As they were both Rome.

The administrational structure was just split in two, to make it easier and freeing the eastern half from the dying corpse of the west.

>>2829679

They were Rome.

>>2829688
Can you be Roman if you look Greek, speak Greek, act Greek, call yourself of Greek descent, and are Greek?

>>2829694
after Caracalla all freedmen were roman citizens, and after Diocletian latins had lost all their privileges and were no different from any other citizens

They were both Rome just different administrative sectors.

>>2829694

Kai Su, Teknon?

Even Caesar spoke Greek, Shakespeare be damned.

>>2829679
They saw themselves as one empire.

>>2829694
>speak Greek
As did most educated Romans, since before the empire.

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>>2829679
What if the empire had been split like this?

>>2829694
Greeks call themselves and their language Roman even in 2017, retard.

>>2829694
How can you be American if you look English, speak English, act English, call yourself of English descent, and are English?

>>2829694
Roman wasn't an ethnicity. Roman wasn't a language and you could be roman and greek at the same time.

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>>2829679
The concept of "two empires" was made in the modern ages. The actual people saw it as one united empire with 2 emperors (despite it may sound weird).
Also please consider the following:
-after Odoacer's defeat of Romulus, Odoacer's considered himself a "servant" of the Roman emperor from the east.
-"easteners" still called themself "romans", even during Byzantine times, just in greek language.
So they were never actually divided.

>what was the edict of Caracalla

>>2829679

Western Romans thought Eastern Romans were inferior because they were non-white

>>2829870

>Rómaioón

what's up with the funky spelling

>>2829694
>implying latins weren't huge greekboos

>>2829679
They were never technically divided
You just had eastern and western emperors
>>2829828
>Americans
>English
The second they drew up that constitution they voided their ancient rites making them men not Englishmen

>>2829870
>tfw you go against your great ancestors of Vergil and Cicero to speak The Conquered's tongue

>>2829870
why did the eastern roman empire abandon the western one ? it was not til time of emperor justin's reign would they regain any of the western empire

>>2829928
They're not English by nationality but many (like myself) fit into all those other categories

Glad my nana left that island desu

>>2829935
>Sassanids
>Alans
>Gepids
>Ostrogoths
>a dozen other barbarian tribes

merbabalar

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>>2829935
They tried, but:
>Justinian plague
>economical problems - costly wars etc.

>>2829753

Would have been retarded