Roman, it's what they called themselves that is all that matters in regards to demonym. (Byzantine)
What you call yourself means very little to another language. I also declined Roman due to the POD. Spanish in Spanish is Español, obviously, Spanish could be derived from that but they are not the same.Roman, it's what they called themselves that is all that matters in regards to demonym. (Byzantine)
Well, it could be a situation similar to Iran. For most of it's history Western Europeans call them the "Greece", but at some point the Roman government would pressure then international community to call them Roman. Just like how Iran pressured the international community to refer to them as Iran instead of Persia in the '30's.What you call yourself means very little to another language. I also declined Roman due to the POD. Spanish in Spanish is Español, obviously, Spanish could be derived from that but they are not the same.
What you call yourself means very little to another language.
Reading through Zeppelin's answer has pushed me towards Rhomanian or something of the like though some may not like it.
It may be one or the other. I haven't decided. Though Romanian does have a certain appeal.Why Rhomanian and not Romanian?
One interesting thing is we call modern Greece as Yunanistan in Turkish and Greeks from Greece as Yunan. Greeks from everywhere else is RumThey would be called Roman or Greek depending on your politics.
Copying from Quora:
https://www.quora.com/Were-the-Byzantines-known-as-the-Romans-to-their-contemporaries
"The term "Byzantine Empire" was coined by Hieronymus Wolf a century after the Fall of Constantinople. "Byzantine" was never a term used by any contemporary to describe the Empire, and the standard term was "Empire of Greeks" by those who sought to downplay its Roman nature. The Arabs and the Turks however, always used "Rum" to describe the Empire and its lands (as did Eastern Christians-Copts, Assyrians, etc etc-at least ones that did not enter communion with the RCC during the Crusades). The Seljuk's established a Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia in lands captured after the Byzantine defeat at Manzikert in 1071. Mehmed the Conqueror claimed the title of Kaiser-e-Rum (Caesar of Rome) after conquering Constantinople in 1453. In fact, the entire Greek speaking population of the Ottoman Empire were termed as millet of Rum and the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople was treated as their leader. In fact, as has been noted in this great answer, there were people calling themselves Romans well into the early 20th Century."
It's kind of interesting how long Ῥωμαῖοι lasted as a self indentification in Greece too. Even if there were some exceptions, Rigas Feraios for example is noteworthy for never mentioning the word "Hellene" in any of his writings, and exclusively calling Greeks "Romans". Most of the educated elite began to prefer Hellene in the late 18th Century, but the majority of the population, lower class and monks still used Ῥωμαῖοι way into the War for Independence. It reminds me of a saying Yannis Makriyannis recalled one of his friends saying:One interesting thing is we call modern Greece as Yunanistan in Turkish and Greeks from Greece as Yunan. Greeks from everywhere else is Rum
How about Achaean?
Switzerland is named after Schwyz, one of the Cantons. China could be seen as another example where the whole gets the name of a part.That's just a part of Greece and always was since Antiquity. It's like calling all British people Kentish or something.
It's kind of interesting how long Ῥωμαῖοι lasted as a self indentification in Greece too. Even if there were some exceptions, Rigas Feraios for example is noteworthy for never mentioning the word "Hellene" in any of his writings, and exclusively calling Greeks "Romans". Most of the educated elite began to prefer Hellene in the late 18th Century, but the majority of the population, lower class and monks still used Ῥωμαῖοι way into the War for Independence. It reminds me of a saying Yannis Makriyannis recalled one of his friends saying:
"What say you, is the Roman State far away from coming? Are we to sleep with the Turks and awaken with the Romans?"