>only began being referred to as the "Byzantine" Empire over a humdred years after it fell
Remind me again why we accept this ancient revisionism and don't simply return to referring to it as the Eastern Roman Empire
>Eastern
>>872378
In my high-school history classes, we referred to it both ways.
byzaboo please leave my board
>>872378
>""""""Eastern""""""
>""""""Roman""""""
>""""""Empire""""""
>>872396
Get out of my thread fucking voltaboo
>>872396
>multinational autocracy
>ruler calls himself emperor
Definitely an empire senpai.
>>872378
Ah, so it's the Greek Empire for you byzaboos then?
>>872378
We refer it as Romans, though. I think it's only in the West?
Why it's always the germans?