Greeks did beat the romans. Imagine if the US militaraly/politically declined and Canada became the world’s super power. Is Canada a thing? Not really, it is America’s hat(if we exclude the weirdo frenchies). Canadians are culturally americans.
Do you think they watch canadians movies in the cinemas?
The romans might had military defeated the greeks but the greeks culturally dominated the romans. Romans took a lot of greeks to Rome and made learning the greek language “the fancy” thing that all educated and cultured romans expected to know.
Thats how eventually the Eastern Roman Empire(or Byzantine Empire, as the filthy westerners try to rebrand it), became more and more greek.
If Greeks wanted the glory they should’ve beaten the Romans.
In your face, Plato!
Instructions unclear turned the Romans into Greeks.
On the other hand, Greeks clung onto the Roman identity for a really long time. And I mean even after being taken over by Ottomans.
Eastern Roman Identity. Long live Basileus kai Autokratōr Rhōmaíōn
Greeks did beat the romans. Imagine if the US militaraly/politically declined and Canada became the world’s super power. Is Canada a thing? Not really, it is America’s hat(if we exclude the weirdo frenchies). Canadians are culturally americans.
Do you think they watch canadians movies in the cinemas?
The romans might had military defeated the greeks but the greeks culturally dominated the romans. Romans took a lot of greeks to Rome and made learning the greek language “the fancy” thing that all educated and cultured romans expected to know.
Thats how eventually the Eastern Roman Empire(or Byzantine Empire, as the filthy westerners try to rebrand it), became more and more greek.
>Gets conquered and becomes a literal subject to the other state
>“Heh well we actually won because you like our culture”
Bit of a cope, innit