When did Odoacer depose Romulus Augustulus and what happened to the imperial regalia?
Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus in 476 AD. He sent the imperial regalia to Constantinople and acknowledged Emperor Zeno as his overlord.
Questions about Succession of the Roman Empire
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who declared himself Kayser-i Rum after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453?
Sultan Mehmed II declared himself Kayser-i Rum or Caesar of the Romans after conquering Constantinople in 1453. He justified this title by right of conquest consistent with Byzantine imperial ideology.
On what date did Pope Leo III crown Charlemagne Emperor in Rome?
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor on Christmas Day 800. This coronation explicitly aimed to establish continuity with the Eastern Roman Empire.
When was the term Byzantine Empire first used internally by the empire itself?
The empire never used the expression Byzantine Empire internally until the fall of Constantinople. It kept calling itself the Roman Empire, Empire of the Romans, or Romania throughout its history.
What year did Ivan IV cement his title as Tsar of All Rus?
Ivan IV cemented his title as Tsar of All Rus in 1547. He had married Sophia Palaiologina niece of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI in 1472.
During which years did the Greco-Turkish War end the Megali Idea nationalist aspiration?
The effort ended in disaster during the Greco-Turkish War spanning 1919 to 1922. The Megali Idea developed shortly after Greek independence to recreate the Byzantine Empire as an ethnic-Greek polity with capital in Constantinople.