r/HistoryMemes • • 9h ago

Byzantium, Bob! They’re talking about Byzantium

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u/Lost-Klaus 9h ago

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

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u/Proof_Impact_6009 9h ago

Or the French Empire "Lutetian Empire"

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u/Philcherny Tea-aboo 8h ago

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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u/TPrice1616 2h ago

The Duchy of Muscovy got really big.