Zardnaar
Legend
Yes, I meant it for others to read, so that they would not think of the Emperors of having one bloodline, some were of quite humble origins. I mean, also, being a Slav, the Byzantines are more culturally relevant to me, and westerners, the western Empire, being more relevant to them, are going to have more focus on it. Seen it from both sides too, my Father used to say there were only three European peoples: Slavs, Greeks (ie Mediterranean), and Germans.
Those are the three big ones but you've got Basque, Greeks, Finn's, Magyars etc as well.
There's also some near extinct bromance languages in the Balkans as well derived from Latin. Greek survived in parts of Italy , USSR and Turkey into the 20th Century.
Rome's legacy.