To: aristeides
August 6, 1806, to be more precise.
To: aristeides
The Holy Roman Empire had nothing to do with the actual Roman Empire. As Voltaire said, it was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Byzantium, on the other hand, traced its lineage directly back to Constantine in the Fourth Century. The Holy Roman Empire merely used the name.
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