>Eastern
>Roman
>Empire
>>949170
>t. Charlemagne
>>949170
>Eastern
When it first spawned, it was the eastern half of the now split Roman Empire.
>Roman
The capital of the Roman Empire had been moved to Constantinople, and the ERE was ruled by a Roman Emperor.
>Empire
It was a group of peoples ruled over by an emperor, so it was by definition an empire.
>>949304
basileu =/= imperator
>>949445
Basileus is merely 'Imperator' in Greek.
>>949467
I thought it was king in Greek
>>949526
It is
>>949721
It can mean either.
>>949170
They were eastern, you gotta give em that
>>949721
Literally the first paragraph in Shitipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basileus
The closest you're gonna get to emperor as we understand it is αυτοkράτορας (autocrat, for you plebs who can't read Greek).
Also, this is the page for the Shahanshah/King of Kings, who most definitely was seen as an emperor, and, again, basileus is used.
>>949773
Forgot to paste link.
https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%AC%CF%87%CE%B7%CF%82
Why is there no movie about this guys? Certainly one of the more entertaining and dramatic stories around. The rightful king returns to take his throne after being overthrown and mutilated except in this case he's the bad guy.
Who wouldn't enjoy it?
>>949995
because butthurt latins
>>949995
Because a movie about Heraclius needs to be made first
