[Destro]

Justinian's observe legend preserved continuity with the Roman past. The Latin remained in use. The Emperor remained "Dominus Noster" and "Augustus." One century after Justinian I, these titles still remained in use. The Empire at Constantinople should not be called the "Byzantine Empire" at all. If it requires a special name, we might better name the Empire at Constantinople with the title of the "Romaion Empire" from the Greek "Basileia Romaion" [Empire of the Romaioi].

Clifton R. Fox
Professor of History
Tomball College
Tomball, TX, USA

[FBDinNJ]

Ha! Well I'm a history major @ Villanova University and everything you're stating is in direct contrast to the accepted thought on the situation oEf the Eastern mpire at the collapse of the Roman Empire. Even if the Emperor remained "Dominus Noster," the average person in the Eastern Empire would not have understood what that meant because they were all speaking Greek if not Syriac or Coptic.

I place my faith in my Professors and in Averil Cameron's books rather than in some Professor @ Tomball College