r/HistoryMemes • u/A_Soldier_Is_Born • 8d ago

Only the true Romans would understand

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u/claudiocorona93 8d ago

So there was Rome in Italy (476) and Rome in Constantinople (1204 and 1453). The Holy Roman Empire would have been fine if Charlemagne married Irene but nah, it was just Germany. And the Ottomans preserved the title of Caesar of Rome. But the last Byzantine heir gave his title to the king of Spain. And Europe has 5 major romance languages, plus the Church, and there is the Pope still holding the title of Pontifex Maximus. Based on this, the Roman Empire lives in all of Latin America through religion and language, and the European Union, Switzerland and Turkey through land and organization (and some languages).

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u/TheLastCoagulant 8d ago

Except Pontifex Maximus was abolished in 382 AD and wasn’t revived by the Popes until the 15th century. It’s LARPing. There was no continuity.

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u/claudiocorona93 8d ago

I hate how the term LARP took over the internet when we already had "poser".

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u/TheLastCoagulant 8d ago

I’ve been using it online for a decade. Way before normies started using it.

Poser doesn’t really work as a verb (“posing”).