>Russians consider themselves to be heirs of the Byzantine Empire

>Poles consider themselves human

they are

>>70082640
Well, they did marry into the Palaiologian dynasty, that's a more legitimate claim than Spain's.

Also, its Roman not Byzantine okay?

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>>70082640
Finland is the only legit heir of roman empire.

>>70082811
fuck off

>>70082640
>consider themselves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome
>After the fall of Tǎrnovo to the Ottoman Turks in 1393, a number of Bulgarian clergymen sought shelter in the Russian lands and transferred the idea of the Third Rome there
>Within decades after the capture of Constantinople by Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453, some Eastern Orthodox people were nominating Moscow as the "Third Rome", or the "New Rome".[4]
>Stirrings of this sentiment began during the reign of Ivan III of Russia who had married Sophia Paleologue. Sophia was a niece of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor.
>A stronger claim was based on religion. The Orthodox faith was central to Byzantine notions of their identity and what distinguished them from "barbarians".
Polish intellectuals at their best itt.

>>70082884

The emperor orders the beheading of this peasant!

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>>70082811
>Constantine the 16th

Fix this

>>70082811
>"eastern" "roman" "empire"
>wasn't eastern
>didn't hold rome
>wasn't even an empire

>>70083005
>Russians consider themselves to be heirs of the Roman Empire
You can't make this shit up.

>>70083197
>>70083197
>>wasn't eastern
It was
>>didn't hold rome
The emperor and the traditions were roman
>>wasn't even an empire
It was

we wuz third rome

>>70083239
They are

>>70083005
>>70083239
>>70084713
Russian "claims" and reality have not much to do with each other

>>70083239
Nearly every european empire has considered itself a heir of rome. The russian royal line has a blood connection to the Byzantine emperor's through marriage.

>>70085714
It's a relatively legitimate claim as far as these things go. Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, a Byzantine princess, shortly before Byzantium was destroyed by the turks.

We wuz Bazileuses and shieet