Jordan_the_Hutt t1_ir533zz wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:18 PM

Reply to comment by Remon_Kewl in Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in Greece - The Jerusalem Post by DRKILLM0NGER

A Greek living under Roman occupation might very well have identified as a Roman. They would've been a "Greek Roman" and held both things as significant labels of identity.

In the same way Peurto Ricans are also Americans. One identity does not drive out the other nor does one necessarily come first for many people.

Ypnos666 t1_ir553wp wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:36 PM

In pre-Roman and early-Roman years, they called themselves Hellenes ("Greeks" is a complicated name, never used by Gre...Hellenes themselves, even today).

Later they called themselves Rhomaioi, which essentially meant "We're actually Hellenes, but the church calls us pagans, so we're Rhomaioi *wink*"

The term "Hellenes" was revived in the 15th century in an attempt to rouse rebellion against Ottoman occupiers and to re-assert Orthodox Christianity.