Question

how did most citizens of the byzantine empire relate to the roman empire

Answer 1

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Answer 2

After the fall of the Roman Empire the eastern part of the empire stayed together as the byzantine empire.

Answer 3

Just to add to mooshiex's answer, because of that unity, the Byzantines often saw themselves as the inheritors of what the Roman Empire used to be. When the West collapsed, the Byzantine Empire continued on for nearly another thousand years.