Re: The Eastern Roman Empire - not so long ago


"Roger Pearse" <roger_pearse@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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YahooRefugee wrote:
The Eastern Roman Empire is a fascinating empire, since one can basically
argue that the Roman/Ancient world essentially died with it - and only
553
years ago!

There are many interesting parallels with modern society.

A good place to start is with Wikipedia:

Now that's a phrase calculated to provoke wry laughter! (I know you
only mean to provide information to people who don't know any, of
course).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire

Actually this is one of the better articles, and not at all bad.
(There are few examples worse than the article on "Mithraism", and most
of the articles connected in any way to Christianity seem to attract
some very nasty people).

All the best,

Roger Pearse

Oh yes, I know Wikipedia isn't exactly Harvard stuff. But it's free! You
don't get that with the Encyclopedia Britannica, or something from an Oxford
professor's website. I would definitely invite anyone to tool around the
web for the "Byzantine Empire" (a misnomer from just a few centuries ago).
So far I haven't had a chance to do just that.

I wonder if anyone can confirm for me the interesting assertion I read that
the Eastern Romans once called themselves "Romanians", and the country of
the Eastern Roman Empire, "Romania".


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