| >the only states that refused to recognize the Eastern Roman Empire as the Roman Empire were the states that were descended from the German invaders and that was because they wanted to claim the Roman mantle for themselves. Ironically these guys called themselves Holy Roman Empire, it's neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire. They're hallucinating hundred of years before AI/LLM. > All of Islam called the East Romans, Rum Fun fact there's entire Chapter on Rome in the Quran namely Surah Ar-Rum [1]. In the New Testament Bible there's a section or book called Epistle to the Romans, or the letter of Paul to Roman originally written in Koine Greek [2]. But there's letter of Paul not the word of God or Jesus hence called espistle. There's also an authentic direct letter from the Prophet Muhammad to the Roman Emperor at the time of Hercules inviting him and his subjects to Islam [3]. Please note that Muhammad cannot read or write hence the letter was written for him as dictated by him [4]. [1] Ar-Rum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar-Rum [2] Epistle to the Romans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans [3] The Holy Prophet’s letter to Heraclius: https://www.alhakam.org/holy-prophets-letter-to-heraclius [4] Diplomatic career of Muhammad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_career_of_Muhammad |