[jscd3]

If you read what I posted, I said survived into the 21st century.

Moreover, the only thing that the Roman Empire has conquered in the last 1000 years has been the imagination of kings, dictators, Fascists, and more than a few historians.

Strictly speaking, though, the Roman empire was dead long before 1453 - Mohammed II might have been proud of conquering the scarecrow remains of Constantinople, but I doubt that he considered himself finishing off the Roman Empire. After all, the Roman empire without Rome (or even any part of the west) would be, like, well Christianity without the Pope...;>)

[Antoninus]

Strictly speaking, though, the Roman empire was dead long before 1453 - Mohammed II might have been proud of conquering the scarecrow remains of Constantinople, but I doubt that he considered himself finishing off the Roman Empire.

Considering the animus this fellow has toward Christianity, I don't understand how he counts ANY of the years following the advent of the Christian emperors in his reckoning. It's especially odd in that the last defenders of Constantinople--Venetians, Genoese, and Spaniards for the most part--were there in defense of Christianity, not some long-dead ideal of pagan Roman glory.

[TheAngryClam]

Wait for the various protestant freepers to descend upon you for that one.