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Mar. 12th, 2024 11:11 amsunshine-states responded to this post:
Would that make Imperial Rome Numenor?
Possibly, though it could also be early (or earlier) Gondor. Tolkien says of it:
He also says that in ROTK:
Tagged: #to be fair he also described contemporary gondor as italian and egyptian so it's not just one thing #but byzantine gondor is definitely within the range of his descriptions!
Would that make Imperial Rome Numenor?
Possibly, though it could also be early (or earlier) Gondor. Tolkien says of it:
In the south Gondor rises to a peak of power, almost reflecting Númenor, and then fades slowly to decayed Middle Age, a kind of proud, venerable, but increasingly impotent Byzantium.
He also says that in ROTK:
we come to the half-ruinous Byzantine City of Minas Tirith.
Tagged: #to be fair he also described contemporary gondor as italian and egyptian so it's not just one thing #but byzantine gondor is definitely within the range of his descriptions!
