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Romaboos used to take it SERIOUSLY (infosec.pub)
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[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

It was a pastime for r*ssian (they weren't alone in this of course) kings to claim relation to Rome trough their supposed inheritance of it by having some woman from Palailogos family among their ancestors and claiming orthodox church for themselves.