GURPS: Infinite Worlds - The Viking Challenge and the Rise of Wessex?

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Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

Didn't they still think of and refer to themselves as Romans?

I think so. I haven't read about it for ages but I think they saw themselves as the continuation of the Roman Empire, which to them was a good thing. The Byzantines teetered on until the 11th century, where upon the rising Sultinate set to work at it's demise. The Empire ends in the 15th century.