Primus Pilus Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place for this discussion. I apologize to the moderators. Here is a link to the disscusion that has been going on for maybe 5 days or so. I just want some opinions from people on unrv.com about the relation of Rome and the "Byzantine Empire". I'm in a disscusion with a Greek person who lives in Greece. I think he is getting annoyed with my view on history about this subject in history about the Roman empire errr... or what he calls The Byzantine empire. So what are your opinions about the Byzantines? Was it the Roman empire in the East? Was it called the Byzantine empire? Or is my view of history just plain wrong? What date is correct? 476AD or 1453AD which i believe was 1453AD. Again i apolgize to the moderators if this is in the wrong forum. I would read page 4 when i commented on this subject about the "Byzantines". My name is Titus on civfantics.com. The guy i have been debating with is ww2commander. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=224206 Only 1 such thread is necessary. The general consensus around here is that the Byzantines were indeed an extension of the Roman Empire but it maintained a distinctly more eastern culture. "Byzantine" is an invented word, they referred to themselves as Romans (Romaion) This post has been merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedor Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place for this discussion. I apologize to the moderators. Here is a link to the disscusion that has been going on for maybe 5 days or so. I just want some opinions from people on unrv.com about the relation of Rome and the "Byzantine Empire". I'm in a disscusion with a Greek person who lives in Greece. I think he is getting annoyed with my view on history about this subject in history about the Roman empire errr... or what he calls The Byzantine empire. So what are your opinions about the Byzantines? Was it the Roman empire in the East? Was it called the Byzantine empire? Or is my view of history just plain wrong? What date is correct? 476AD or 1453AD which i believe was 1453AD. Again i apolgize to the moderators if this is in the wrong forum. I would read page 4 when i commented on this subject about the "Byzantines". My name is Titus on civfantics.com. The guy i have been debating with is ww2commander. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=224206 Only 1 such thread is necessary. The general consensus around here is that the Byzantines were indeed an extension of the Roman Empire but it maintained a distinctly more eastern culture. "Byzantine" is an invented word, they referred to themselves as Romans (Romaion) This post has been merged. Sorry for making a whole new thread when we have a thread like this one. But does anyone have a opinion on the link i posted? I would like to pick your brain Primus Pilus and anyone else on this subject. What is your opinion on the link i gave and also my comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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