Comments on: A New Nation

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 24 May 2006 03:21:17 +0000

Wikipedia has the scoop on the imperial eagle as the symbol of the Comnenus and Palaeologus emperors of Byzantium. The Montenegrans claim full secular [scepter] and religious [orb] power over an empire [the crown] as do the Russians. Both a Montenegan King and a Great Prince of Moscow married members of the Imperial family, giving a dynastic claim to the arms and the title. Tsar means Caesar in Russian. The Albanians claim a lesser position in the Empire, so their eagle is black [a shadow] and is uncrowned and it has broken it's "chains" to the Empire. The Serbs use a white version and it is on the arms of the Patriarch of Constantinople.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:08:23 +0000

Didn’t/doesn’t the Albanian flag also have a double-headed eagle? What’s the story behind that symbol?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 23 May 2006 16:51:26 +0000

Without the crest on the breast of the eagle it is the flag of the last Byzantine emperor and the basis for the Russian arms. The arms on the shield are those of the last King of Montenegro, while the Russians use the arms of the Great Prince of Moscow.

It’s a Slavic claim to the Byzantine empire.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Tue, 23 May 2006 12:45:45 +0000

Cool flag, too.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 23 May 2006 01:35:40 +0000

At this point they don’t have much choice, there are too many people watching them and their behavior will determine whether or not they get into the European Union.

This was done in accordance with the treaty of confederation and with a turn out of 86%, a 55% vote is pretty definitive.

The Serbian people are pretty fed up with everything going to the military, as it did under Milosevic. They they aren’t going to back any new wars.

There will be a lot of shouting, but it won’t get anywhere.

By: andante

andante — Tue, 23 May 2006 00:14:07 +0000

Hmmmm…wars have been fought over access to the ocean. Is Serbia likely to accept this peacefully?