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@AkomoCombine Constantinople said it was the Roman Empire. That was countered by Western Europe.
Byzantine studies are a favorite pastime of mine.
@AkomoCombine That's what I'm watching now, hence asking what y'all think.
For me, Constantinople was the heir to Roman political institutions. The HRE, well, wasn't.
Well the Greek language is still spoken today ,Latin - not so much, so one can argue that the Byzantines did descend from the Greeks as they adopted more of their culture than the Roman culture.
@LiberalLibrarian
Yeah i believe Greece was a client state of the Roman Empire.
But this youtube channel-
https://www.youtube.com/@KingsandGenerals
... has a vast library of history and battles including the Byzantine Empire
And the very question you just asked
Was the Byzantine Empire the Heir to the Ancient Greeks?
https://youtu.be/23ObUz0pFMA
I find it all fascinating and you can see the parallels in history.