It's been no secret with the Eastern Orthodox and the Russians in particular that they consider Moscow the "third Rome," ever since Constantinople (the "second Rome") fell, according to the...
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It's been no secret with the Eastern Orthodox and the Russians in particular that they consider Moscow the "third Rome," ever since Constantinople (the "second Rome") fell, according to the...
Before asking all of that, I'd be asking why anyone has become so convinced in the first place that this was "Rome's" "third base." Just because a guy said so on a blog and linked to some Wikipedia...
That's a good point. He actually details in his first book how his work was suppressed by the Soviets in the early 80's. They had the printing of one of his works stopped, but later as the USSR began...
I find a lot of this stuff interesting Aianawa but I get the feeling that a lot of these themes (invented Dark Ages, related cultures, more technology in the past, etc.) is better explained by...