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    The “True” Roman successor

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    2. HealthyBee4209 on

      Ngl, that girl at the bottom left, despite how terrible the image is, really got me.

    3. Gk3389127 on

      The best part is how none of these states actually had Rome as their capital.

    4. jaehaerys48 on

      The only true heir to Rome that I recognize is the Roman Republic (1798-1799).

    5. Flob368 on

      But the Catholic monarchies did hold the Holy Roman Emperor as the true Roman successor. There’s a reason none of them ever claimed the title of Emperor until they either 1) held several titles as king over a huge region (Britain in India), 2) abolished the monarchy, only to replace it with a new one with non-catholic legitimisation (France, Napoleon), or 3) held the title of Holy Roman Empire themselves (Spain, Austria).

    7. Emotional_Newt_2227 on

      the actual funniest part is Byzantines called themselves Romans until 1453 the Ottoman Empire conquered “Rome” and nobody in Western Europe acknowledged it because they’d already decided the real Rome was somewhere else and couldn’t handle being wrong

    9. Solid-Move-1411 on

      Carolingian Empire and HRE are same state. I don’t think Charlemagne would have problem with Otto claim

    10. Gold_Size_1258 on

      Reminder that in the Middle Ages the word “Rome” referred to all of Christendom, and HRE was the largest Christian realm at the time.

    11. Grzechoooo on

      The Byzantines can’t be a Roman succesor because they were legacy Rome. The HRE controlled Rome when it was created, it only lost it later. So if we’re counting the Byzantines as Rome despite them losing Rome, then HRE should also be counted. As Rome 2.

    12. VaerionTheBane on

      Byzantines>France>HRE>England>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ottoman

    14. Lucina18 on

      I mean the (eastern) roman empire didn’t “want to be” the “true successor” of rome. They literally have a direct almost unbroken (1204 during the 4th crusade) line towards classical rome. Every single other title either had a gap they where claiming another title or tried to usurp it.

      Hell their capital is literally “new rome” build by a roman emperor. They aren’t even a successor, they just are rome.

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