Why didn't Greeks call their Empire "Roman Empire"

>>3064559
They literally did that. "Byzantine" is a word we use now to keep people from confusing it with the WRE.

They did, in fact pretty much everyone called them some variant of the word "Roman". The term "Byzantine Empire" wasn't first used until a century after its fall.

>>3064581
>>3064583
t. greek

>>3064559
They did. Byzantine is an historiographical term first and foremost.

>>3064594
The town of Byzantium is what formed the foundation of Constantinople and already predated the ****Roman**** city founded by Constantine by centuries.

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>>3064559

>>3064646
Yes, and that why modern historians decided to call them Byzantines instead of Potatoes.

Still, Byzantium was an irrelevant footnote on history.

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>>3064923

>Still, Byzantium was an irrelevant footnote on history.

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>>3064923
Oh man.

>>3064923
>Byzantium was an irrelevant footnote on history
Shots fired!

Byzantine Internet Defense Forcenis on its way

>>3065362
yeah. Its pretty easy to put a flag on a bunch of dry dirt and Barron land. it only took America two invasions and one president to do it all too.

But thanks for the coffee and number system!

>>3064923
4th CRUSADE
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>>3065586
way to miss the point

>>3064559
Solid b8, people here are even more retarded than I thought

>>3064588
>>3064646
>>3065362
this is a troll thread right?

>>3066504
Yep

>>3065713
>saving a thumbnail