Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.

  • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    it’s authority came from the pope

    Let's pretend the reformation never happened

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      2 years ago

      HRE starts with Charlemagne, gets its name when the pope declared him emperor.

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        2 years ago

        Sure let’s just ignore the last 400 years of its history because some Frankish larper wanted to be called Caesar

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          2 years ago

          It's name originated with him and the pope, and they didn't do a renaming after the fact so that's still why it was called that.