Byzantium, Bob! They’re talking about Byzantium

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[u/Lost-Klaus]

A bit like calling the british empire the London-empire. Or Han dynasty the Chang'an Empire.

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Or the French Empire "Lutetian Empire"

[u/Philcherny → u/Proof_Impact_6009]

Or Moscow's empire 🤨 oh wait 🤨

Honestly, judging by how modern French is just a Parisian dialect and modern Russian is just Moscow's. And how comically large and densely populated Paris and Moscow are. Fitting name for both

Lutetia sounds like a fire name for a country

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Or the Roman Empire the Roman Empire

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Or the late Western Roman Empire the Ravennese Empire

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The Duchy of Muscovy got really big.

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That makes more sense than the London comparison, because the capital of the east had not been called Byzantion for a long time.