The Last Day of Constantinople

Re:The Last Day of Constantinople by srcreigh on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:17PM (#36488193)

I'm ok with this re-writing. It would be confusing to call 800's Italy/France and 800's Turkey both "Roman Empire". We need different names for those places, even if the residents of the places used the same name for themselves.

Nobody really says that the people at that time called themselves Byzantine, anyways. I've heard some derogatory remarks about the phrase "Holy Roman Empire" though - that it wasn't holy nor Roman nor an empire. But it serves as a name which is useful.

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Re:The Last Day of Constantinople by georgeplusplus on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:41PM (#36488301)

>>>> 800's Turkey

The Byzantines primary language was Greek. Followed by Latin, and included most of what is today, modern Turkey.

Turkey was not even a thought at that time. Calling it Turkish would be appropriation of the Greek culture.

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Re:The Last Day of Constantinople by srcreigh on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:05PM (#36488419)

I'm Eastern Orthodox, so trust me, I know.

Did you know Istanbul is the same word as Constantinople? It's like a slang version.

I'm probably talking to a Greek person, so I can't really say anything smart and not offend you. Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison kyrie eleison... ;-)

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Re:The Last Day of Constantinople by ithkuil on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:16PM (#36488477)

"εἰς τὴν Πόλιν" ?

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