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Re:Findings show that the Vikings' self-image was influenced... by Mikeb85 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:06PM (#33277625)
Constantinople was part of the Roman Empire (as the name implies, it was 'founded' by the Roman emperor Constantine) and considered itself the Roman empire until it fell.
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Re:Findings show that the Vikings' self-image was influenced... by staticautomatic on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:36PM (#33278022)
Sure. I just mean that if you didn’t know better, you might conclude from the parent comment that the Varangian guard were geographically based in Rome.
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Re:Findings show that the Vikings' self-image was influenced... by moviewise on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:36PM (#33278813)
Quoth They Might Giants, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)":

Istanbul was Constantinople

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

Been a long time gone, Constantinople

Why did Constantinople get the works?

That's nobody's business but the Turks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39kCQ-8

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