[Poll]Is the Ottoman Empire a continuation of the Roman Empire?

Is the Ottoman Empire a continuation of the Roman Empire?

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 14.6%
  • No

    Votes: 204 85.4%

  • Total voters
    239
Neither the Ottoman Empire, nor the Holy Roman Empire descended from the Roman Empire. With the Byzantine Empire, there was a direct continuation. Constantin moved the capital, but it was still the same empire. When it was divided, both the two parts were continuations of the empire, and when the western part ceased to exist, the eastern part was the only continuation. There was never any clear break. The fact that we talk about the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire is only for practicality. The fact that the empire changed its official language does not change the fact that it was a direct continuation. The Ottoman Empire conquered most of the Byzantine (Roman) Empire, but is not a continuation, it was another empire who conquered the territory while it was at war with the old empire. With the Holy Roman Empire it was simply a new empire using the ideology of another empire and that claimed to be a continuation of the western part of the empire.

Exactly. My point was that neither of them have a legitimate claim.
 
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