The Roman empire wiki source was legit until someone had to edit the "fall" date. It was perfect with 27BC-1453AD. Some turd edited the date to 476AD. That is the correct date of the fall of the western side of the empire but the eastern Roman empire continued for another 1,000 years. I added my complaints to this wrong edit of history!
What, If Anything, Is A Byzantine?
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This is what I said in the edit wiki page for the roman empire.
Whoever is changing the fall of the Roman empire to 1453 AD please keep it up. No need for the outdated date of 476AD when the eastern side survived for another 1000 years and continued to call themselves ROMAN! Byzantines= Romans. "The people who lived in the "Byzantine Empire" never knew nor used the word "Byzantine." They know themselves to be Romans, nothing more and absolutely nothing less. By transferring the Imperial capital from Rome on the Tiber to the New Rome on Bosphorus, dubbed Constantinople, the Emperor Constantine I had transferred the actual identity of Rome to the new location. Long before Constantine I, the idea of "Rome" had become dissociated from the Eternal City on the Tiber. For a Roman meant a Roman citizen, whereever he lived."
How do I edit the true date of the fall of the Roman Empire?
What, If Anything, Is A Byzantine?