supercriticalcheese@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What was around or ended more recently than people think?
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12 days agoWhat you call Byzantine empire didn’t exist as such, they actually referred to themselves Romans. Byzantine Empire is a later term https://byzantinemporia.com/why-is-byzantium-called-byzantine/.
The reference of Eastern Roman Empire is correct, everyone else who claimed to be a continuation is just a stretch though.
Thanks that was an interesting fact. Wiki