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Byzantine political thought  

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  • We call Byzantines people who thought of their civilization as the seamless continuation of the Roman Empire. They called themselves Romans (Rhomaioi) and their monarch the emperor of the Romans (basileus ton Rhomaion, with variations). [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Byzantine Political Thought]

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