I happened to mention on my Ancient Philosophy syllabus that today is Fall of the Roman Empire Day; so today my students brought cake to class.
Many happy returns!
I happened to mention on my Ancient Philosophy syllabus that today is Fall of the Roman Empire Day; so today my students brought cake to class.
Many happy returns!
The Byzantines still referred to themselves as “Romans” until 1453. I think it’s “Westrocentrism” to date it 1500 years ago.
For that matter, there are people in Italy, about halfway between Naples and Siena, who still refer to themselves as Romans!