Why do Greeks appropriate the Roman Empire?

**~~Petros Houhoulis~~** · 09-16-2018, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Yaglakar

In terms of continuity, modern descendants and inheritors? Not competent to answer that question. Is modern Greek tongue a descendant of medieval Byzantine Greek?

It is not just a descendant, medieval Greek is more or less intelligible to a modern Greek.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language

During antiquity, Greek was a widely spoken lingua franca in the Mediterranean world, West Asia and many places beyond. It would eventually become the official parlance of the Byzantine Empire and develop into Medieval Greek.^[6] In its modern form, the Greek language is the official language in two countries, Greece and Cyprus, a recognised minority language in seven other countries, and is one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. The language is spoken by at least 13.2 million people today in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Albania, Turkey, and the Greek diaspora.

Take for example this thread:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...ext-to-English

The only parts of the text I have difficulty to understand is the units of measurement which have become obsolete by that time. He is mentioning two different definitions of the mile, one with 1000 yards per mile and another with 750 yards per mile. Otherwise, with a little bit of historical and geographic knowledge, the text is 100% readable.

**DarknessWin** · 09-16-2018, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by renaissance12

One thing is sure : Ancient romans had fallen in love with Greeks. ..We defeated Greeks ...we enslaved Greeks.. but Greeks were the only people considered civilized and/or equal by the Romans..

You are Greeks.. you can share your thoughts about Greeks opinion of Italy ( in the Whole aspect )

Personally i Love Italy , its like my 2nd country

**DarknessWin** · 09-16-2018, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Böri

If you are really Greek and your avatar being actually yours photo, first time I see a Greek decent girl on TA after years of mind-darkening Hellenic females around save maybe from Hithaeglir. Hello by the way.

You are an idiot, you tell that Greeks are dark when in reality turks look like a mix of Arabs and Armenians???
Turks are darker, brachycephalic with huge armenoid and anatolid noses and you speak about beauty ???

Go kill yourself idiot , Pontid is the most beautiful and sexy phenotype in the world in both men and women.
On the other hand Anatolids and Armenoids are the worst

A turk speak about beauty . LOL