The armies of Byzantium

this is only a tribute to 1 of the most powerful and noble in causes armies that walk the earth ever.
byzantine army was bringing with it in every region the christian orthodox religion and the high values of hellenism

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[DiviAugustus]

To say that "Byzantium" (which is a made up term, because like I said, they considered themselves as, and were considered by others as simply the "Romans" and the term Byzantium was an academic concoction made in the 19th century) was merely a successor kingdom is to do a great disservice to both the Roman Empire and the Greek legacy, which are very much one and the same, especially during the time period under discussion.

[bartieboy93]

its not a succesor state, it is the same eastern roman state, the byzantines always called themselves romans

[celsius33]

fantastic work, i hope that Byzantium will take its real place in history of the world.

[orfeas040619]

@bartieboy93 thats not right they call them selve orthodox christians but the romans done at too but between the views of both east and west empire were many difference what bring as result a complete split of the eastern(orthodox) and western(katholic) empire

[kobtubelove]

where bizantiym people?:((

[TheusZeusDeus]

@nontin21 Well the Emperors of the later era were not Greek either in any ethnic term. While Greeks were the main ethnic core of the Empire, the Empire was multinational and that is why Emperors used the religion to bind it fighting against the "nationalists" (Ethnikoi - who were mostly the Greeks afterall, not just any pagan as people thought...). Most Emperors were from Minor Asia and were of Armenian, Amorian or Pamplagonian origins but then many of them had a Greek cultural consciousness.

[BVargas78]

@lolagras thank-you

[TheTokkin]

@DiviAugustus actually, the term byzantium was in limited use among the "byzantines". It was used to refer to Constantinople in some cases.

[lolagras]

@BVargas78 the 2nd song is: ΣΤΑΜΑΤΗΣ ΣΠΑΝΟΥΔΑΚΗΣ- ΘΑ ΕΡΘΕΙΣ ΣΑΝ ΑΣΤΡΑΠΗ /watch?v=ElYEKMJLItk

[Killtor448]

Turkey needs to fall and the Greeks can get the land that is theirs back.

[Killtor448]

@DiviAugustus Actually the earliest use of Byzantium and Byzantine was in the 16th century, a century after The Empire of the Greeks finally fell because Great Emperors are invariably suceeded by weaker ones who promote the downfall of their empire.

[nontin21]

and thats why the emperors of the middle and latest byzantine times were greek in origin in contrast to the emperors who ruled the empire in the early byzantine times that were from places far away(such as Theodosios, Konstantine, Julian, Valentinianos etc).it is true that the name romans continued to exist but the reason was religious and that was the reason who it used. besides, in the roman empire, all its people considered romans whatever their origin was, if they lived inside the borders.