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To: vladimir998

The Arabs refer to the Greeks as the Roum, or Romans because the Byzantine Empire referred to itself as the “Roman Empire” until it fell in 1453


166 posted on 01/15/2012 8:09:21 PM PST by rzman21
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To: rzman21

You wrote:

“The Arabs refer to the Greeks as the Roum, or Romans because...”

I was talking about the specific Protestant invented term “Roman Catholic” which has nothing to do with any Arab anywhere.


170 posted on 01/15/2012 8:33:33 PM PST by vladimir998
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