You may have witnessed this TikTok trend of women asking their men

how often they think of the Roman Empire. I'm not sure how scripted it is, but they all seem to think of it several times per week.

I will say, that even before this trend, I actually am one of the people who DOES think about it! But when I do, it mostly pertains to the FALL of the Roman Empire, and how USA is on its way....

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basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

I only think about the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire.

Unironically, I support making Istanbul Constantinople again.

V00doo

@basilfawlty89 🙏

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@basilfawlty89 why and why, please?

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@foldedunfolding well, the Byzantine Empire was a huge center of culture, technology and history. While Byzantines did conquer, they still respected the natives of the region. When Byzantium fell to the Selçuks and later Osmanlis, the region became much more oppressive, forced conversions were common and the indigenous people colonized.

This all culminated in 1915 with the Greek, Assyrian and Armenian Genocides. Constantinople until then wasn't Turkish.
Even after the Ottoman Empire fell and the Republic of Turkey started, Greeks, Armenians and Jewish people had oppressive taxation, banning of their languages and surnames and pogroms against them.

Basically what the Turks did in Thrace, Anatolia and Cyprus is no different to what the WASPs did to Native Americans.

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@basilfawlty89 you are so ceaselessly intelligent..i am in awe of you

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@foldedunfolding why thank you, but it's just information I know because of good Armenian, Cypriot and Assyrian friends.