Comments by "Taxtro" (@MrCmon113) on "Who has the best claim to the title of Roman Emperor?" video.

  1. Sergio Mattarella?
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  2.  John Smith  I agree, although I think Ursula von der Leyen also has a good claim.
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  3.  @leepreston9637  I mean, he's right. There is no senate anymore. What's left of the Western Roman Empire is the Catholic Church.
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  4. Donald Trump is holy Roman emperor?
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  5. Being a king makes one less of a Roman emperor imo.
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  6.  @garybrown2039  That would be a good comparison if the Spaniards called themselves Aztecs before even going there and if they adopted Aztec culture. The Ottomans saw themselves as Romans before even conquering Constantinople. Of course lots of people saw themselves as Romans, though...
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  7. Nah, Romanov claim is null and void. I'd say even Angela Merkel and Erdogan have better claims than Putin.
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  8. In all of those cases it's a mess of law, heredity and conquest. And it's not like in ancient Rome emperors were determined by law nor did the title always follow heredity. The reason we care about Rome is the power and influence we associate with it. In my opinion the spiritual successor to the Roman Empire today is the United States of America. They indubitably are the leaders of the world in culture and also have the largest military. Moreover the United States are an actual republic that has been a quasi empire, has even practiced slavery and they have a senate. So the person with the best claim to the title of Roman Emperor is the president of the USA.
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  9. Sergio Mattarella is Roman Emperor.
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  10. Damn, I didn't even think of that. I was split between Donald Trump and Angela Merkel.
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