a fascination with the Roman
civilization has ruled over historians
and history buffs for centuries and it
is not a surprise that every detail
around the fall of Rome is hotly debated
one of the facets of the argument is the
term the last of the Romans Ultima slow
manner room and the historical figures
that do belong on this list whose demise
brought the fall of Roman dosa naturally
we decided to add our two cents to the
conversation and so we present our list
of the last Romans pretenders there is a
group that has a claim to being the last
Romans due to the titles they held among
them are the last emperors of the
Western Roman Empire romulus augustulus
and Julius Nepos the last leader of the
Latin Empire bold wind a second despot
of Moria Andreas and even the last
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed the
sixth whose ancestors adopted the title
of Caesar after the conquest of
Constantinople none of them should be
considered to be on our list as they
didn't bring anything Roman into the
world and didn't uphold Roman culture or
principles the same goes for the Russian
Tsar's
Republicans Roman Republicans are often
a target of rightful criticism as
eventually they failed to prevent the
rise of the Empire
Republicans had their share of the blame
but most of the hate they are getting is
due to the otherwise great HBO show Rome
and the modern depiction in literary
fiction we do understand why Cato's
constant moralizing and the fact that
Brutus and Kassius orchestrated the
murder of Caesar can arouse hate
although we may not condone their
methods their Republican ideas are what
most of us aspire to today so their
last-ditch attempt to save the Republic
deserves all the praise
so then Cato Brutus and Cassius were
among the last of the Roman
generals barbarian invasions military
defeats Civil Wars and economic setbacks
brought the Western Roman Empire to the
brink by the end of the fourth century
AD enter generals Flavius still occur
and Flavius ATS despite the fact that
both were of barbarian origin they
prolonged the life of the Empire for a
century the careers of these generals
were surrounded by controversy and ended
violently but they scored dozens of
victories against the barbarians and
were rightly called the last Romans by
prominent historian Edward Gibbon
restorers the eastern Roman Empire
wasn't standing idly and watching the
fall of its western counterpart Emperor
Justinian the first and his generalist
narcissus and Belisarius attempted the
restoration of the Roman Empire and even
succeeded to a degree as Africa parts of
Spain and Italy were reconquered
unfortunately this recovery stagnated
with the death of Justinian and was
eventually rolled back as the Empire
started losing power but historians
agree that all three mentioned figures
belong on the illustrious list of the
last Romans the last defenders a number
of events including Islamic conquests
the Seljuk invasion the sacking of
Constantinople in 1204 and others made
for fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
inevitable that didn't happen quickly
look as the Empire was so vast that it
could recover from even the most
catastrophic losses but eventually as it
was fading into history two Emperor's
mounted a desperate defense in 1453
Constantinople fell to the ottomans and
emperor constantine xi palaiologos died
leading his troops in the last charge
david condon oz was the last emperor of
Trebizond
and did his best to defend his realm
through diplomacy and warfare although
these rulers failed to save the Empire
they may be considered the last Romans
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