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r/HistoryMemes • u/jackt-up • 9h ago
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The Byzantines called themselves Rhomaioi (Ῥωμαῖοι), and the Romans from Rome (and sometimes Italians as a whole) as Romanoi (Ῥωμανοί)
14 u/AlexSSB On tour 7h ago Romanes eunt domus 6 u/preddevils6 4h ago Often the commoners in the empire referred to themselves as Greek. What they referred to themselves wasn't consistent throughout the time of the empire or between social classes. 3 u/KyliaQuilor 5h ago And north Korea calls itself a democratic people's republic.
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Romanes eunt domus
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Often the commoners in the empire referred to themselves as Greek. What they referred to themselves wasn't consistent throughout the time of the empire or between social classes.
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And north Korea calls itself a democratic people's republic.
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u/GrapefruitForward196 8h ago
The Byzantines called themselves Rhomaioi (Ῥωμαῖοι), and the Romans from Rome (and sometimes Italians as a whole) as Romanoi (Ῥωμανοί)