Who had the most legitimacy in carrying on the legacy of the

>>2968990
Ottomans by right of conquest

>>2968990
Ottomans

>HRE
It was neither of those and did not control either Rome or Istanbul.
>Russia
Bunch of slavs, mongolians and scandinavians. Might as well say Uzbekistan is the new Roman Empire.
>Papal States
This is debatable but they are more a continuation of the WRE. While Ottomans were the continuation of the ERE.

>>2968990
Papal states.

>>2968990
United States of America.

>Moscow is the Third Rome
Sophia Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos, married Grand Prince Ivan III and the most important Patriarchy of the real Church, the Orthodox, passed from Constantinople to Moscow.

im reluctant to say ottomans because of religion but the ottoman empire probably comes closest in terms of cultre, geography and inherently legitamacy

the nestorian mongol empire

>>2969176
only correct answer. none of those other states were republics and therefore unfit to continue rome's legacy.

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>>2968990
Bosnia, the true 3rd Rome and successor of the Caliphate

>>2969656
Rome spent most of its final CENTURIES being an Empire.

>>2969664
Do you have the one where Finland is the true heir of Rome

>>2968990
Ottomans by right of conquest and blood.

There was no true successor to the Roman Empire though.

>>2968990
Napoleonic France

>>2968990
Nobody. The Roman Empire died when Constantinople fell.