The ottoman empire was worse than the byzantines, but the byzantine empire wasn't rome and it was larping coal.
>inb4 "muh 500s treaty created itas eastern ROME and it never stopped claiming it"
They persecuted latin speakers and latin christians, and gave up their ambitions of Italia halfway through it's lifespan, a real Rome wouldn't do that.
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philia to one up normal humans challenge: failed, but of course, it's in your religion, so it's expected animal behavior from you. Still, you're literal charcoal, I can already smell that roasted turkey this thanksgiving day.
@Chudak: They used Greek Fire on everyone, but yeah it probably would have been more historically accurate to portray them as Arabs. This is meant to portray Seljuk Turks, which I'm surprised nobody mentioned that they did not use the modern Turkish flag. They used a different symbol but I don't think anyone here would have recognized it.
@MNOrthodox: I thought they only utilized the fire in naval engagements I don't think the greeks never engaged with the seljuks or another anatolian beyliks in a maritime combat when they still had a fleet
They persecuted latin speakers and latin christians, and gave up their ambitions of Italia halfway through it's lifespan, a real Rome wouldn't do that.
Your ancestors became the sex slaves of the OttoBVLLS
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Turkugly people what even is this?