Back then, Anatolia (Present Day Turkey) was Greek. It wasent until the Crusades that the Sultanate of Rum (Part of the Turkish Diaspora across Asia) began its expansion into the Declining Byzantine Empire. SO the Turks, originally from Central Asia *insert all the -stans*, migrated into Anatolia and expanded.

-Anatolia from the Rise of the Roman Empire to 1000 AD was Greek
-Anatolia then Gradually became Turkish following the Crusades starting from the East all the way West
-Became a Turkish Majority following the Crusades
-Nearly all Greeks were expelled following Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople


I would consider Constantine to be Roman, it is what he would have mostly identified as. He was the Roman Emperor at the time.

Constantine was a roman.The ''idea'' of ''Italian'' was not existing yet in that period.
Also, when Constantin reigned (25 July 306 AD – 29 October 312 AD / 29 October 312 – 19 September 324/ 19 September 324 – 22 May 337 ). the Roman Empire was already parted.Costantinople becomed official capital in 330.From 295 till 330, the Eastern Roman Empire was not official an empire, maybe more like a huge administrative region with functions like an empire.

You learn summat new everyday. I never knew the Greeks ever had any major role in the Roman/Byzantine Empires.

they had.After they were conquered by Romans, the Roman civilization adopted a lot of things from the Greeks.And after the West Empire fallen, the Greek civilisation influenced a lot the Byzantine empire, on all social plans.

Interesting.

yes indeed.
(i must say thanks to my history teacher )

And yet it bothers no one that he spelled "life" wrong.

I think we all knew what he meant, his cockiness compensated for his spelling anyway...

Colonel did you pass 9th grade world history? Cause you'd know all this if you had.

9th grade is what age ?

He means 'Year 8' in the real world... nah, sorry. I only did British, English, Central European, Russian, 1920s America, DRC, and First Gulf War history in school. Anything earlier than 1800 is all English history.

this is usefull too, but ancient history is also good.
In our school system (i will refer for highschool ), in 9th grade we study history from 3000BC to 1648 AD.(generalised of course ), in 10th grade we study from 1648 to present.
11th and 12th grade we make romanian history (+ an optional course about the Royal Family of Romania )

9th Grade is American and Canadian 14 and 15 year olds, we do Prehistory to 1500-ish

Different spec over here.....more about WW1 and the steps to WW2. As of college, if he picked it as an a-level....he ain't got an excuse

I didn't do history in college. I did business.

Exactly, so don't blame the school system pie.

I was actually blaming him for not paying attention, because I thought everyone learned it.

Well you thought wrong m8.

Since we do not know the exact date, we celebrate the same day that Constantine said still instead of guessing, as common sense would dictate. Jesus was not born in winter, hell it is probable he was not born in a manger, but we celebrate his birth none the less because he is the lord to me and many more.

True.Let's be happy and prepare to celebrate the New Year :)