DBWI who is the real sucessor of the roman empire?

The decadent Norse wouldn't know Romanity if it hit them in the face! The true successor of the Roman Empire is the far side of the Moon! Nowhere else can you get farther from barbarians.
Please. Go there, then. And leave the rest of the world on peace from your warmongering and squabbling!
 

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Please. Go there, then. And leave the rest of the world on peace from your warmongering and squabbling!
Scandinavia may be more peaceful than the Roman-Mediterranean world, but at least we worship a singular God, instead of a pile of rocks somewhere in Saxony!
 
Scandinavia may be more peaceful than the Roman-Mediterranean world, but at least we worship a singular God, instead of a pile of rocks somewhere in Saxony!

The All-Father is one with all things, be they rock, tree, or man, and the Gods are just aspects of his glory. I wouldn't expect those who worship a crucified traitor to understand such a high concept.
 
Probably either the Rhomanian Empire or the Britannians as they actually can claim a legitimate link to the old Empire, then again, I'm from Zhongguo so I honestly don't care much about who is the "rightful" heir to Rome but we in Zhongguo think those people in Aoteora are nuts and are very vocal in calling for them to be brought to justice, especially as they often harass our former colony (and close allies) in Nanfang (OOC: OTL Australia) with naval skirmishes, threatening to fire missiles at them, and harassing their fishermen.
 
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Probably either the Rhomanian Empire or the Britannians as they actually can claim a legitimate link to the old Empire, then again, I'm from Zhongguo so I honestly don't care much about who is the "rightful" heir to Rome but we in Zhongguo think those people in Aoteora are nuts and are very vocal in calling for them to be brought to justice, especially as they often harass our former colony (and close allies) in Nanfang (OOC: OTL Australia) with naval skirmishes, threatening to fire missiles at them, and harassing their fishermen.
We prefer to call it "assaulting effete oriental despotism in a manner which would make out great forefathers proud". I mean, come on! You morons actually have a 10 year old as Emperor, and his MOTHER does the ruling for him! She should stay in the kitchen. And talking about "nuts", let's talk about how Zhonguuo ever since the Tang Dynasty Industrialization has conquered the entire Pacific. Aetorea is the only bastion of glory, freedom, and justice in the face of the Yellow Peril, the second worst threat to civilization after the Jews.
 
So, we got Britannia, the greeks and the Russians claiming to be the true sucessor of the Russian empire, but really, which one of them can REALLY be considered romans? The Rhomanion claims to be, but they speak greek, not latin, and they changed dynasties so much times that most of their roman legacy has been lost. The Britannians does speak latim...sorta, but they have no dinastic ties with any roman dynast, while the Russian empire did had a royal marriage between Vladimir the great and the roman princess Anna Porphyrogenita, that was during the Rurik dynasty, not under the Romanov dynasty

In a sense, we all are Rome. For its shadow still covers us across all these centuries. Whether we are in Rome itself or in Tondo, we all live in the world it has given birth to.

But to answer your question, definitely Rhomania. The Britons, for all that they spoke Latin, have a far more tenuous connection to old Rome.

But the Russians... Why would they be at all in the running here? Not to offend, but their only real connection is through the real Rhomania. So... eh?
 

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Considering that the Old Empire couldn't figure out how to create a proper imperial dynasty, I don't think not having a proper dynasty disqualifies oneself from being properly Roman.

Britannia is clearly the WRE and Rhomaion is clearly the ERE.
 
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