They lived as Romans people of the time called them Romans they are Romans

Also according to Orthodox canon law the Roman Emperor has to be Orthodox and control the de jure capital or he isn’t valid. Which means the Ottoman Empire was not valid and Third Rome technically also could not be

However

I heard something about them speaking Greek

If Putin were to get in a war with Turkey and take Constantinople

That makes Putin the Roman Emperor

@Snake Greek was a common language in the Roman Empire even at its height

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Ah ok

Vladimirus Putinus I

They were Greek people!

I thought Russia considered itself already to be the “third Rome”

Not Romans!

Which is a little funny

Most of eastern half was inhabited by Greek speakers

It’s not a legally valid claim to be the Roman successor state

They had a Roman princess. Big whup

The eastern empire get cucked by the Greeks after the 5th century.

I’m not talking legally, we all know they could never be Roman

Or Greek or Byzantine

@Snake if Russia was legitimately Rome’s mantle carrier that makes Finland the Roman Empire today and we ain’t ready for that perkeling conversation

Since who the emperors who didnt speak Latin or Greek

Lmao

Rome dies when the barbarians took it.

End of story.

They only took half

I prefer to go by the rule of:
>owns Constantinople, the previous capital *de iure*
>is Orthodox
>Is autocratic in governmental expression of power

Byzantines were just Greek pretending to be Romans.

Which means Putin is our hope

😂👌

And the Russian empire was nothing like Rome!

Being from the city of Rome stop being a requirement to be Roman around the time of Augustus

Eastern Roman Empire is Byzantium, which is just a name. Byzantium checks all of the boxes to be Roman

So yes, it’s Roman

Rome stop being the capital before Constantine even

The Russia thing was just ridiculous, Germany considered itself the HRE

Speaking of Orthodox