no investigation, no right to speak!
leave this discussion to us experts please.
the funniest part about the "TRUE ROMAN SVCCESSOR" state thing is that the country that probably has the best "legal" claim to the title also 100% does not claim it, don't mention it, don't even pretend it was ever a factor.
It's Spain.
Andreas Palaiologos bequeathed the titled to Felipe and Isabella of Castille. Although that remains contingent on Charles VIII of France's purchase of the title being invalid (I would argue so, seeing as he failed to live up to the stipulation of the sale)Thats not a theory I have ever heard, I was under the impression the line of sultans dates to the göktürks?
They took Istanbul (Not Constantinople
) and Mehmed the Conquerer had the Patriarch of Constantinople declare him Kayser-i Rum (Caesar of Rome)
The Turks invited the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople over to make it official, so if you're one of those "The pope appoints the Emperor" guys then sure.
That is the correct choice. Which is why it's so funny that even the people who could claim it don't.
I've seen unironic arguments that the Roman Empire, HRE, British Empire, etc should all be basically considered dynasties of the same empire the way the various states that ruled over China all get treated as dynasties of one empire, though I believe at least some of that particular point is to highlight how eurocentric historiography is all too willing to endlessly subdivide and see distinctions in European states while elsewhere it just sees one mass of people that's just ruled by one family or another. Though I believe the modern historiographic standard is to apply the same level of nuance and detail that historical European states got to other places.
how would it be serbia? the "real" succession goes rome -> constantinople -> moscow. then due to the bolsheviks, the only part of the former russian empire to escape the red peril and remain a viable successor is fascist finland.
yeah, i'm channeling similar memes :)
also, this thing about claiming everyone is not unique to serbia, it's extremely widespread from slovakia on down the balkans.
i once stumbled into the site of an earlier wikipedia edit war on franz liszt's ethnicity. hooooooo boy. everyone from the former austrohungrian monarchy was there, trying to claim him.
Elvis was serbian
That one is true though. He invited Tupac to hang out with him in his home country and he loved it so much he stayed there forever.
serbia is the one with the pyramids dear. and also the origin of all european culture in prehistory.
but it's no rome.
i meant these pyramids, not the desert knockoffs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramid_claims
oh come on, bosnia is very certainly serbia in these fantasies, there's no question about that :D
