tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post3641376888630675809..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Story of Monarchy: The Byzantine EmpireMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-53377290243138577332017-11-28T08:43:29.066-06:002017-11-28T08:43:29.066-06:00Quick tibdit, Constantinople was an informal name ...Quick tibdit, Constantinople was an informal name for the first century or so. Officially, it was "New Rome" and informally known as "Roma Constantinopolitana" until some point of the reign of Theodosius II, where the name Constantinople is first used in an official fashion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663550456066483204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-23373837930581205722017-11-09T12:03:22.788-06:002017-11-09T12:03:22.788-06:00Without having a central bank? Shouldn't be su...Without having a central bank? Shouldn't be surprising they lied about the necessity of a central bank, but still amAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220370438302441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-75352130315415793292017-11-06T04:56:34.672-06:002017-11-06T04:56:34.672-06:00Modern currency isn't even real so the whole v...Modern currency isn't even real so the whole view of people on this subject is skewed. People also couldn't comprehend how the old Roman Empire lasted so long without ever having a central bank. Modern man can't imagine such a thing.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-39878445351001580432017-11-05T13:35:02.435-06:002017-11-05T13:35:02.435-06:00The Byzantine Empire also had the world's long...The Byzantine Empire also had the world's longest-lasting stable currency, which was only debased in the last desperate 200 years of its 1000 year (dating from Constantine) life. Compare that to these republics today, where the question is not "will we inflate the currency", but "how fast and by how much will we do so." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16099353329987931878noreply@blogger.com