Continuity from the Roman Empire to Byzantium

I am really pissed off because last night I wrote an entire essays worth of material for a reply, only to get a forum "error" that seems to strike this site a lot. I had not backed up what I had written, either! :(

So here is my abridged response:

Latin did not die out. It remained the first language of the Dalmatian coast until at least the 15th and 16th centuries before finally sucumbing to Slavitization. There is also a theory that the modern inhabitants of Romania are not the descendents of the Romanized-Dacians, but rather of the Romanized-Illyrians who migrated from the Adriatic Sea to Bulgaria, and then to what is now Romania during the Byzantine period.

Also, regarding technology, I aruge that they did not continue the Roman tradition of Science and Technology, but rather the Alexandrian/Hellenized form of learning. In my post last night I argued that the road system was more developed in the West and did not have the same results in the East due to terrain, climate, and culture. I also used engineering points that are too long to include. Famous examples of Roman engineering in the East such as the Aspendos aqueduct were constructed by (and for) Latin immigrants in Lycia.


Edited by Herschel - 20-Aug-2006 at 11:39

Originally posted by Raider 1. the core moved westward?

When I spoke for Byzantiym administration I didn't mean that they identified as Byzantines.Just I tried to give  the picture what was the meaning of the imperium romanum

Edited by akritas - 16-Aug-2006 at 16:06

Definetly, the Byzantines as we call the mtoday did call themselves Romans and not Byzantines. Maybe even Greeks but the official name of the Empire stayed as Roman Empire until 1453, even the Nicaean Empire was called such.

I know that Imperator was a military title, Caesar however was not.

I thought "Augustus" meant sacred or revered, that is what the senate bestowed on Octavian. I dont know if the meaning changed there after.

Edited by Philhellene - 15-Aug-2006 at 17:42

I thought "Augustus" meant sacred or revered, that is what the senate bestowed on Octavian. I dont know if the meaning changed there after. But you are right "Imperator" basically means military chief of staff.

Originally posted by Philhellene I don`t understand... Once again, what are you trying to say? You don`t think that the Roman emperors proclaimed their sons as co-emperors?   Augusta is a wife of Augustus-Emperor, not his daughter, am I right?

I don`t understand... Once again, what are you trying to say? You don`t think that the Roman emperors proclaimed their sons as co-emperors?

Originally posted by Byzantine Emperor In the Comnenian period it became policy that a son was named the successor and was often made co-emperor with his father. Imperial offices and titles were subsequently given out to prominent members of the emperor's family. The Palaeologan government was almost exclusively dominated by members of the imperial family or family related by marriage.

Edited by Philhellene - 14-Aug-2006 at 17:43