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Article aside, an Empire that manages to last hundreds of years (1100+ in their case, and even more depending how you calculate it) must've been doing quite a few things right.

Imagine how many enemies, crisis and emperors they had to go through, yet they survived for a very, very long time.

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> Article aside, an Empire that manages to last hundreds of years (1100+ in their case, and even more depending how you calculate it) must be doing quite a few things right.

I think it's fairest to calculate it from the founding of Rome (21 Apr 753 BC) to the fall of Constantinople (29 May AD 1453): 2,205 years. In that time it went from a kingdom to a republic to an empire, but the Roman government continued in one form or another.

Yes if only they had been obsessed with internal religious divisions and fighting the Persians (ignoring the new threat from the west).

Not to mention the forth crusade!!

Quite a few old fashion Orthodox are still upset over it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204) . Like in Islam....different factions debate and hold grudges for ever.

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