Yes, the Roman Empire. I don't think a lot of people know this.
But the HRE was hardly irrelevant either and it was certainly a political force lasting until the 19th c.
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Vivat Imperium Romanum!
- Thread starter Rival
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But the HRE was hardly irrelevant either and it was certainly a political force lasting until the 19th c.
I think Western historiography tends to present the Byzantine Empire as a kind of offshoot of the Roman Empire.