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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stanw891, post: 6684366, member: 118535&quot;]I could agree with you more! The history of the Eastern Roman Empire is so important because they preserved and built upon knowledge that was destroyed in the west during the Middle Ages. If it were not for the Byzantines, there would be no renaissance. Sadly, I think part of the problem with the lack of study of their history is the separation that historians have made between it and the Roman Empire. I understand that it morphed into a unique identity, but so have other civilizations that kept their name/identity. If you asked a Byzantine what they were in 1453...they would have said Roman (in Greek of course haha). Even after the Balkan Wars and WW1, the Greeks that lived in many of the former Ottoman Empire outside of Greece proper still referred to themselves as “Romani.” I teach History to at risk students in an urban area, and trying to explain this is enough to make my head spin (and I LOVE Byzantine history). I have been trying to just keep saying it is Roman, but all the texts written call it Byzantine. I think if they didn’t make that name change, it would be easier to wrap our heads around this fascinating civilization![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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