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Byzies were more sophisticated than Classical Rome in many respects, and losing most of their territory to the Islamic Conquests actually helped in that, to the point where the Byzies had 1700s Political institutions in the 1000s.

Also, [url=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=315303&highlight=Byzantine+Trade+Merchant]this[/url] might help outline my potential policies.

So does [url=http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=340376&highlight=Renovation]this[/url].
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Yeh, but that period in their history is five hundred years away at the time the RP takes place. At this point, the Romans are still a latin-speaking direct continuation of the ancient civilization. We are sort of in the transitory period between the Rome of Augustus and the Byzantium of the High Middle Ages.