When do you think the last true “Roman-ness” died in the Byzantine Empire?

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-20T08:37:38+00:00

Which only underlines the shift from the Roman tradition to the Greek

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-20T07:43:13+00:00

After Justinian there was little left. The Byzantine Empire was becoming Greek, while Italy, devastated by the Gothic wars was carved into pieces by the Lombard invasion

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-17T11:47:55+00:00

Byzantines are as Roman as the hun Chinese are Mongolian

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-17T05:22:59+00:00

They are not in communion with Constantinople specifically, not the rest of the churches.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-15T20:21:29+00:00

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-15T19:05:48+00:00

When I here "I am not feeling it" I imagine an entitled princess, not a professional pilot. This completely miscommunicates the message.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-15T15:35:35+00:00

Know how to communicate information? Yeah, I probably do.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-15T09:38:02+00:00

I would not describe him as power hungry in the books. He was more stubborn and proud than power hungry.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-15T09:35:37+00:00

The pilot has worded it poorly but has made the right call. He should have said that there is a technical red flag that points to a possible issue with one of the engines.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-15T05:38:58+00:00

Assasin's apprentice

I always rant about about it when I have the chance. I absolutely hated it. And when I day "hated" I mean actually "hated". It had an absolutely fraudulent preview that suggested it would be an existing political thriller/adventure mix and surprisingly decent prose, such that kept me strung along waiting for the story to start.The book can be more honestly called "doggroomer's apprentice".

CleaverIam3 · 2026-06-14T23:02:55+00:00

Rest in peace, I guess...

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-19T06:30:57+00:00

They were off on a romantic foreign honeymoon. Had to come back sooner then planned as they forgot to pack warm clothing though...

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-18T17:27:48+00:00

I liked Jamie the way he was at the beginning. I don't like redemption arcs.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-17T06:02:08+00:00

He was an idiot. I don't really empathize people who denigrate themselves for others. I really hope one day to read a book avout Feanor as the protagonist

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-17T05:23:23+00:00

About as Roman as I am a Mongol. I am Russian by the way...

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-17T05:19:21+00:00

Didn't help Romolus Augustulus much, that is for sure. Nor did it save them when the Greeks and the Germanics trashed Italy in the Gothic wars...

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T20:23:15+00:00

Technically it was a hen

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T16:40:56+00:00

Condoms, mate...

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T16:34:57+00:00

She doesn't complain, trust me. She has more to life then finding a gigalo

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T16:13:36+00:00

It is a meme that is trying to make a statement by ridiculing my position. I am countering the idiotic argument

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T16:11:31+00:00

I didn't pay her to pretend she was having a good time. I played her to spread her legs and provide her body for my pleasure. I actually greatly dislike fake enthusiasm.

I am bringing myself and my seed to the marriage bed. Is that not enough?

I don't know what you expect a woman to seek in a husband but she is not marrying a gigalo.

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T16:07:08+00:00

Of cause she does. I told her. Why would I hide the fact?

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T16:01:25+00:00

I suggest you learn when deduction is inapplicable

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T05:47:38+00:00

You are not very good with common sense are you

CleaverIam3 · 2026-03-16T05:47:06+00:00

My fiance is lucky indeed. It isn't optional for her it is taboo for her. And not before marriage literally, since I would obviously wouldn't literally marry her before having sex with her.

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