>be Constantine
>take over the Roman Empire and become emperor
>change the official religion
>still the Roman Empire
>be Mehmed II
>take over the Roman Empire and become emperor
>change the official religon
>suddenly it's a whole different country
Really makes you think
turkposting should be a bannable offense
Constantine was a Roman Emperor who took full control of the Empire.
He did not change the religion, Theodosius did, and Theodosius didn't gain his rule by conquest.
Both were Romans.
Mehmed II was an alien conqueror and not Roman at all. Case closed
>>3397103
>be roman.
>take over roman empire
>leave all roman institutions intact except for those to do with religion
>still roman empire
>be non roman trying to LARP as roman empire
>conquer roman territory and impose your own administration, customs and whatnot on that territory
>it's not the roman empire
ottoman empire was as roman as theodoric's kingdom in italy, i.e. not at all.
>>3397135
Qing dynasty is still considered China though
I agree with OP.
The Byzantine empire was not the Roman empire.
>>3397692
>Be Mehmed II
>Padishah of the Osmanli first and foremost.
>Took the title of Roman Emperor simply because he conquered byzantium.
>This alongside your titles of: Caliph, Khan of Khans, King of a bunch of Caucasus regions, etc.
>Be the first 3 Manchu Emperors.
>Conquer China.
>Recognize you need to adopt local culture to justify your rule (i.e. Mandate of Heaven) in addition to your culture being shit in anything else other than fighting it seems.
>Throw away tribalshit titles and assume the mantle of Huangdi, Emperor of China.
>Try to be as Chinese as possible and go into confucianism & spouting classical chinese phrases.
Big difference.
>>3397777
Quads of truth. The Qing got rid of their barbarianism and adopted civilization when they conquered China. The Turks were too proud to adopt civilization when they conquered Rome and are barbarians to this day.
>>3397103
This is just silly, the Roman Empire collapsed shortly after Christianity took over.
This whole "t t t t teh Bayzantine Empire wuz teh Roman Empire" is a laughable meme in the first place.
>>3397844
Do people actually believe this
>>3397103
Are they retarded?
I can't imagine someone with >70 IQ writing shit like this
damn
>>3397777
quads of truth and good luck have been checked. May fortune follow you like a shadow anon
captcha roma barra
>>3397777
Today I learned the Russian Empire wasn't Russia, because the Tsar was Khan of Siberia.