Perhaps! The “Byzantines” WERE the (Eastern) Romans, and the Eastern Roman Empire had done different things that both helped and lead to its downfall! For example, the Western Roman legions of Eugenius and Arbogaust got DECIMATED at the battle of the Frigidus River by the Eastern legions of Theodosius and Stilicho in 394 AD, which resulted in the West experiencing a harder time to defend itself from barbarian invasions. Other times though, the East sent it’s forces to defend the West, like when legions were sent to Ravenna to defend the Western Emperor from Germanic besiegers, or when they sent an expeditionary force to Africa under Leo to repel the Vandals in a joint invasion with the Western forces. Unfortunately, that ended up in a tragic defeat at Cape Bon…

@@antiepix9555 In a way, Byzantium had made Rome its colony. Rome was supported by Byzantium only under the conditions that its emperor was recognized by Byzantium and went in line with their interests, like Valentinian III, who was a weak person, and that no one was supported like Majorian. It was not even recognized by the Byzantine court, and no one fought and was killed like Ioannis in 425 against Theodosius II, and Theodosius II placed Valentinian III on the throne instead of Ioannis, and Leo I was afraid of the Majorians after the victory over Ioannis. Enemies (Goths, Celts, Saxons, etc.) will definitely join Byzantium because the existence of rich provinces like Egypt and Syria within the Roman Empire is vital for them and the complete and reunification of the empire (from England to near western Iraq) present) and the Greek rival (Byzantium) did not want this at all. And that Zeno did not give any help to Julius, not only did he not do it, but he was killed in his palace near Illyria. Maybe he was not involved in the murder. And the title of the Roman Empire was also canceled and the Roman Empire fell forever in 476 after nearly 1200 years. And that it is undeniable that the Byzantine Empire had a Hellenic culture, a Hellenic Church and a Hellenic language, and it was different from Latin Rome and was a different empire from Rome.

@@antiepix9555 In a way, Byzantium had made Rome its colony. Rome was supported by Byzantium only under the conditions that its emperor was recognized by Byzantium and went in line with their interests, like Valentinian III, who was a weak person, and that no one was supported like Majorian. It was not even recognized by the Byzantine court, and no one fought and was killed like Ioannis in 425 against Theodosius II, and Theodosius II placed Valentinian III on the throne instead of Ioannis, and Leo I was afraid of the Majorians after the victory over Ioannis. Enemies (Goths, Celts, Saxons, etc.) will definitely join Byzantium because the existence of rich provinces like Egypt and Syria within the Roman Empire is vital for them and the complete and reunification of the empire (from England to near western Iraq) present) and the Greek rival (Byzantium) did not want this at all. And that Zeno did not give any help to Julius, not only did he not do it, but he was killed in his palace near Illyria. Maybe he was not involved in the murder. And the title of the Roman Empire was also canceled and the Roman Empire fell forever in 476 after nearly 1200 years. And that it is undeniable that the Byzantine Empire had a Hellenic culture, a Hellenic Church and a Hellenic language, and it was different from Latin Rome and was a different empire from Rome.

@@امیرعباسدریکوند True, many riches was indeed taken away from the West like Egypt, an industrial and agricultural powerhouse, but the East needed them too to provide a proper defense against the Sassanids and the Huns also. The West had North Africa, which was also an industrial and agricultural powerhouse. Too bad it fell to Gaiserics Vandals due to Western incompetence and infighting! And yes, they contributed to its fall by deposing Ioannes, but that doesn’t change the fact that they both helped the West rise *and* fall. As for the identity of the Hellenic world after 476, Theodosius divided the empire in 395, which in affect ended the United Roman Empire and made it become the WRE and the ERE, instead of simply saying that the Eastern portions are outright ejected. Either way, the Eastern portions would be politically continuous with the Empire, coming from within the state. When Odoacer deposed of Romulus and the WRE, instead of destroying it, he gave the Imperial Diadem to Zeno in the East, and either way they are still the Eastern Roman Empire, with its title being untouched either way. It’s like waking up and deciding all the sudden that your siblings name isn’t “Tom” anymore by your own accord lol As for the remaining half being Hellenic, it doesn’t really matter because being Roman is more of a nationality than a language, as you call Emperors like Trajan Roman Emperors, not Latin Emperors. If such a grandiose change like religion from paganism to Christianity isn’t enough to end the Roman Empire upon its officialization by Theodosius in the 380s, language wouldn’t be either. What binds the Hellenic world into the Roman identity is that they continue the Roman legal system, culture, way of life, political entity, and they are literally Roman citizens ever since Caracalla granted citizenship to all peoples of the Empire except for slaves. Besides, in the entire time before the 395 split, the people of the East predominately remained to speak Greek rather than Latin, with the Latin speaking world even seeing Greek as a fellow civilized language they can coexist with! The Greeks in return called themselves “Rhomanoi” (Romans) and rightfully so due to all the reasons above. Besides, they are the ones who heavily influenced the culture of the Latin world anyways 😂 “Byzantine” is a word invented only after the fall of the civilization itself by the West AFTER its fall in 1557 by Wolf in order to discredit its legitimacy. All the time before, it was legally referred to as the Roman Empire, by itself and outsiders. The Roman Empire didn’t completely fall, it merely changed.

@@antiepix9555 Thank you very much for your❤️❤️❤️ informative tips on whether the Byzantine Empire is a part of Rome or not; This should be asked from the Italians, because as we all know, the Romans were a people in the center of Italy who were neighbors with the Etruscans from the north and the Semites and Carthage from the south, but from my point of view, Rome and Byzantium are separate from each other.

I can attest, a great and informative series!

On the other hand it makes tome distinct from the Hadrian, Antoninus and Marcus.

Not necessarily; Septimius and Caracalla look at worst, mixed & at best, ethnically accurate as their appearances were probably probably a mix of Italic and either Carthaginian or perhaps Amazigh (Berber).