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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Restitutor, post: 4646271, member: 112621&quot;]I think this story gives the most compelling answer, for me at least as to whether the Eastern Empire should be considered Greek or Roman: </p><p><br /></p><p>On 8 October 1912, the island of Lemnos became part of Greece after being captured from the Ottoman Empire. Peter Charanis, born on the island in 1908 and later a professor of Byzantine history at Rutgers University, recounts when the island was occupied and Greek soldiers stationed themselves in the public squares.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the children ran to see what Greek soldiers looked like. ‘‘What are you looking at?’’ one of them asked.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘‘At Hellenes,’’ the children replied.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘‘Are you not Hellenes yourselves?’’ a soldier retorted.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘‘No, we are Romans.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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