Explanation: The Roman Empire, being one of the most massive and successful empires Europe had ever seen, inspired awe, and imitation for over a millennium after its fall (or the fall of the Western Empire, if you're a dirty Byzantine).

Curiously, the Ottoman Empire, a polity originating from Central Asian Turkic peoples, claimed the mantle of the Roman Empire after destroying the Roman successor state of the Byzantine Empire.

For this reason you can, with a bit of pedantry and an embrace of a distinctly minority position of imperial legitimacy, argue that the Roman Empire fell in 1922.

With regards to the title, as a Romaboo, I will ALWAYS be petty towards the Byzantines (who were majority Greek/Hellenized peoples) because they took everything that was horrible about the Late Roman Empire and made it worse. Up to and including regarding LATIN ITSELF as a barbarian tongue! THEY ARE THE BARBARIANS, NOT US

At least Kayser-i-Rum Mehmed II was proud of his Latin 😭

The Sassanids.