Post #4542954
2026-08-16 21:40 UTC
“Hey, you lot, you’re now Byzantines.”
“What, no we’re Roman.”
“No, it’s cool, it rolls off the tongue, give it a year, you’ll love it.”
“No, we’re part of the Roman Empire.”
“No, think about it, Byzantine empire. Sounds majestic.”
“…”
“Catch you later… Bring tithes.”
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@j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2026-08-17 08:46
You’re making a joke but people in the Byzantine empire called themselves Roman. Greeks living in 1920s Turkey still called themselves Roman.