@AkomoCombine Constantinople said it was the Roman Empire. That was countered by Western Europe.
Byzantine studies are a favorite pastime of mine.
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?
I find it all fascinating and you can see the parallels in history.
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@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.
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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.