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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

And TBF there is a pretty good argument that Russia picked up where Byzantium left off, on cultural and religious fronts.

Edit: And if you accept that, maybe 1917 was just a change of dynasty, and it either never fell or fell in 1990.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Truly, he would be a shit-tier emperor. The battle of Teutoburg forest could be blamed on an unlucky surprise, at least.