Seriously why everyone want to be rome so bad? Like its okay to just be the leader of your own big murderous empire without having to rip off Caesar again

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    From what I understand, it was based on some intermarriage between their aristocracy, the Russians adopting the Roman (byzantine) religion and becoming the center of the Church after the fall of Constantinople.