Usual_World4332 t1_j2e7qhs wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Reply to comment by naparasmon in Most if not all people really don't appreciate how useful our ability to internally monologue is. by HavelTheRockJohnson

Learned English by accident? I would hear the story behind that.

Usual_World4332 t1_ixwuchl wrote on November 27, 2022 at 12:22 AM

Reply to comment by PenguinTheYeti in We think of the Roman Empire as ancient, despite the fact it technically ended in 1453. by PenguinTheYeti

After the conquest of Constantinople, Mehmed claimed the title of caesar of the Roman Empire (Qayser-i Rûm), based on the assertion that Constantinople had been the seat and capital of the Roman Empire since 330 AD, and whoever possessed the Imperial capital was the ruler of the Empire.

In the mind of George of Trebizond, it was the possession of Constantinople that made Mehmed the legitimate Roman emperor: "no one can doubt that he is emperor of the Romans. He who holds the seat of empire in his hand is emperor of right; and Constantinople is the centre of the Roman Empire

Usual_World4332 t1_ixwn6k4 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 11:24 PM

Reply to We think of the Roman Empire as ancient, despite the fact it technically ended in 1453. by PenguinTheYeti

Actually it didn't end in 1453, Mehmed the II. is declared Byzantine Emperor after he conquered Constantinople and recognized by Ecumenical Patriarchy of Constantinople. Also there was his medallion in British Museum, that later brought back to Turkey "Sultan Mohammed Ochtomani Bizantis Inperatoris"