Re: The Eastern Roman Empire - not so long ago

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

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