Until the time of the Greek revolution the Greeks still called themselves as rhomaioi or some variation of this therm. I'm helping a very friendly member of the forum on his scenario on the matters of Greece, and so I would like some help with my research from you guys.
Well, the first thing is: I heard from a Greek ( so no sources apart from that) that after the Greek defeat against turkey and the population exanges between both countries, the Greeks arriving from turkey still called themselves Romans and felt a cultural shock with the westernised Greeks of the kingdom of Greece. Is that true? If yes, any source for.me to read it?
Second: at the time of the Greek revolution, there was a nostalgia on western literature about the ancient Greek, the mythos of the invencible Spartan army, a romantization of the athenien democracy, how Greece was the cradle of western democracy and philosophy. Based on that when Greece became independent the monarchy imposed there began to scrap the Roman heritage and move towards this ancient Greece nostalgia. Is this true? I heard that the British were especially responsible for this influence as the average Greek scholar of the time was focused on the eastern Roman empire, not on ancient Greece, or my information is wrong?
Third: According to a conversation I had on this same forum, the tiny, almost non existent Greek minority left in turkey ttill call themselves as Romans, is that true?
Cheers
Gukpa