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>you will never attend liturgy at the most glorious church on earth
>you will never parade through the pristine streets in a festival dedicated to the theotokos
>you will never cheer on your boys with the lads at the hippodrome
>you will never look dapper in a tunic+chlamys
>you will never visit the ports and have your pick from the exquisite riches of the orient and occident
>you will never woo a noble maiden with your boyish greek charm
>you will never honestly consider yourself a true roman
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>>3383816
What a shame.
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>you will never loot the richest city on Earth
>you will never get revenge for the massacre of the latins
>you will never rape the orthodogs so hard they never recover
>you will never look out over your city and watch piles of gold, gems, statues, and religious artifacts being unloaded from crusader ships
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>>3384522
DELET THIS
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>>3384549
>loot the city while blind and at the age of 93
>establish catholic kingdoms all over the former empire
>take back the relics of the apostles
>die a few years later and be buried in the Hagia Sophia as the ultimate fuck you to the byzantines
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>>3384522
The greatest irony is that Venice resembled classical Rome more than Byzantium could ever hope to.
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