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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4644475, member: 110504&quot;]Ultimately, one thing can be true on a predominantly political level, while another holds in the cultural sphere.&nbsp; The genius of the Romans, like the Hellenists they conquered, was that cultural appropriation was integral to their whole modus operandi.&nbsp; (Regarding current connotations of that term, maybe, in this context, we can keep that issue at arm&#039;s length.) That&#039;s how you can get Constantine and &#039;barracks emperors&#039; before him issuing coins with Mithra on them, and a fresco with a Black priest of Isis in Herculaneum.&nbsp; With that as background, it makes that little bit more intuitive sense that the Byzantines were Just Fine, Thank You with calling themselves Romaioi.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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