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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mithridates, post: 2079774, member: 73314&quot;]The Romans believed that Rome was founded in 753 BC by using a formula many years later to try and set the date. Archeological evidence has pointed to a more likely date approximately a century later, sometime in the 7th century as more probable. But definitely not enough clear evidence to effect a change to the traditional date. Fact is the Romans themselves did not actually know, but even with an adjusted date it did last more than a thousand years. Historians originally came up with the concept of the name Byzantine Empire to draw a line from the moment that the Eastern Roman emperor Heraclius declared Greek as the official state language in 620 AD, but that standard has changed depending on who or what need there is for drawing a line for the Empire&#039;s different states of being. Either way, though, the Byzantines believed themselves to be and called themselves Romans and the entire footprint of the history of ancient Rome stretches for 2,000 years, however or in whatever way its chosen to be looked at as.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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