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		tomnipotent on June 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub isn't fun anymore Rome was Christian when the Western and Eastern empires were founded, and when they fell. My understanding is that modern West/East etymology is heavily influenced by the Western/Eastern Roman empires.

Bayart on June 18, 2020 [–]

Yes, strictly speaking the West, the Occident, is born out of the leftovers of the Western Roman Empire.

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