Would you believe that as late as 1912, there were still people who identified as Romans? This story takes us to the heart of the Eastern Roman Empire’s enduring legacy. After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, most Greek-speaking inhabitants of the empire continued to call themselves Romans, keeping alive the identity of the Byzantine Empire. Even after Greek independence was secured in 1832, many Greeks in Ottoman-held lands clung to this identity. Fast forward to the Balkan W

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