04-24-2018, 06:37 PM
Not an expert on that era, but I wonder how many folks commoners and elites continued to think of themselves, to self-identify as we say now, as "Romans" even after their rulers were no longer 'Roman." Obviously by the fall of the Western Empire the idea of who is a "Roman" had greatly expanded from a person from the city of Rome. Language of course plays a part as well as law and customs that govern a person's daily life, and of course we cannot forget the Church.
Joe Balmos