Me kentro pia thn Nea Rwmh h Rwmaikh Autokratoria 0a

dianusei mia 0aumasth se ka0e fash ths istorikh diadromh

oloklhrhs xiliethridas. Sigoura, h politismikh ths tautothta den

einai oute amigws rwmaikh, oute amigws ellhnikh. Einai to

xristianiko stoixeio pou prwteuei, kai malista h emmonh kai

pistothta sthn or0odo3h prwtoxristianikh paradosh. Me a3ona biou

thn EKKLHSIASTIKH nohmatodothsh ths an0rwpinhs upar3hs, tou

kosmou kai ths Istorias, h Rwmaikh Autokratoria 0a anaxwneusei

organika kai dhmiourgika th rwmaikh paradosh tou dikaiou kai ths

dioikhshs, kai parallhla thn ellhnikh filosofia kai texnh. Meta

ton 6o aiwna 0a einai kai epishma mia ellhnofwnh autokratoria,

kai meta ton 10o aiwna 0a uio0ethsei kai tous orous Ellhnas kai

ellhnikos, fortismenous pia me a3iologiko periexomeno, gia na

antiparata3ei th dikh ths politismikh tautothta ston kainourgio

politismo pou gennietai sthn katakthmenh apo barbara fula kai

fules Dush.

    Autoi oi kainourgioi katoikoi ths dutikhs kai kentrikhs

Eurwphs, par' olo pou exoun upota3ei kai e3ou0enwsei tous

latinofwnous Rwmaious, filodo3oun na sfeteris0oun, me th logikh

ths gewgrafikhs orio0ethshs, ton titlo kai thn istorikh sunexeia

ths Rwmaikhs Autokratorias. Gi' auto kai arnountai to onma tou

Rwmaiou stous polites ths anatolikhs kai e3ellhnismenhs

autokratorias. Tous apokaloun xleuastika "Graikous", kai apo ton

17o aiwna h istoriografia tous 0a epinohsei to prwtofanes onoma

"Buzantio" kai "Buzantinos". Bebaia to Buzantio uphr3e istorika:

htan h polixnh stis aktes tou Bosporou -arxaia ellhnikh apoikia

pou sthn 0esh ths o Kwnstantinos extise th Nea Rwmh. Alla einai

fanero oti h anaklhsh tou palaiou topwnumiou endiefere tous

Dutikous mono gia na upokatasta0ei to onoma ths Neas Rwmhs. Gia

tous ellnofwnous Rwmaious, akoma ws thn periodo ths

Tourkokratias, to onma "Buzantinos" 0a htan mallon akatanohto -0a

hxouse toso paraloga, os an apokalouse kapoios ton shmerino

katoiko ths Elladas "Plakiwth" (apo to onoma ths palias sunoikias

pou gurw xtisthke h kainourgia polh twn A0hnwn). Ki omws to

au0aireto epinohma twn Dutikwn kuriarxhse telika, kai einai

shmera ka0ierwmeno sthn koinh suneidhsh kai sthn istorikh

episthmh.

    Sto meta3u, ston 2o p.X. aiwna ws ton 19o, h gewgrafikh

perioxh opou an9isan oi arxaies ellhnides poleis, gnwrise

diadoxika peripou dekaepta epidromes barbarwn fulwn kai fulwn.

Apo tis paradounabies perioxes ws thn Krhth, kai apo thn notia

Italia ws ta ba0h ths M. Asias kai ton Ponto, oi ellhnofwnoi

plh0usmoi dokimasthkan sklhra epi aiwnes apo auta ta allepallhla

kumata twn katakthsewn, pou shmainan, ka0e fora, kapoies

epimei3ies me tous ghgeneis Ellhnes. Etsi, opoiosdhpote

isxurismos dia fuletikh omoigeneia kai "ka0arothta aimatos" twn

newterwn Ellhnwn 0a eixe ereismata mallon periorismena h

sugkexumena, kai se megalo pososto 0a htan mono romantikh

au0airesia.