Why Romania and the Roman Empire have the same name, and what is the relationship between them?

Romanian Latin pronunciation is Rom? 0? 9nia, translated into Chinese, means "land of Rome". The famous Roman Empire is well known, but we all know that the Romans lived in Italy's Apennine Peninsula, forming a huge empire with Rome as the ruling center, while Romania is located in the eastern Balkans, far away from Italy and hundreds of kilometers away from Rome, which is neither the traditional residential area of the Romans nor the core area of ancient Roman civilization. So how do Romanians today directly name their country and nation after Rome?

Here we need to trace the formation and development of Romania and find the answer from this vast history.

1. has a certain blood relationship with the Romans.

This land in Romania was called Dacia in classical times, and the people who lived here were Dachians. They were the same race as Thracians and Illyrians in ancient Southeast Europe, and also had some distant relations with the Romans. At the beginning of the 2nd century A.D., the powerful Roman Empire accelerated the pace of external expansion, and Dasia was conquered by the Roman Legion led by Trajan the Great, thus becoming a province of the Roman Empire.

However, in the 3rd century A.D., the Roman Empire gave up control of Dasia Province because of barbarian aggression. As soon as the Roman army left, it destroyed the main road to return home from Dacia, and the geographical environment of Dacia was self-contained and relatively isolated. A considerable number of Roman businessmen and immigrants were stranded in Dacia, unable to return home, and forced to stay and live with Darcy, thus forming the embryonic form of modern Romanian nation.

2. The catalysis of long-term alien rule

Due to the influence of barbarians and geographical barriers, Romania has long existed in the form of three small countries: Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia. It is precisely because there is no strong and unified nation-state that Romania suffered frequent foreign aggression in the Middle Ages after the collapse of the Roman Empire. /kloc-in the 0/0th century, the powerful Hungarian kingdom annexed Transylvania./kloc-in the 0/5th century, the Ottoman Islamic Empire in West Asia invaded and controlled Wallachia and Moldavia.

Although Romanian ancestors emerged "vampire" Drakula, Archduke Stefan, Mikhail and other national heroes in the process of resisting foreign aggression, they were powerless in the face of too powerful invaders. Until the19th century, Romanian ancestors had no independence and sovereignty. The long-term alien rule of history not only prompted Transylvanians, Wallachians and Moldavians to form the same identity concept, but also forced these Romanian ancestors to seek the source of spiritual power from the ancient Roman Empire.

3. Support and acquiescence of European powers

/kloc-In the late 20th century, the Ottoman Empire declined. European powers such as Russia, Britain, France and Germany took the opportunity to expand their influence in the Balkans, thus supporting the liberation of Wallachia and Moldavia from the Ottoman Empire. At this time, the Wa and Mo nationalities have the glorious history of ancient Rome in Death Souvenir, and are faced with the urgent reality of establishing a modern nation-state, so they unanimously decided to merge and establish a nation-state named after "Rome", which is the beginning of a modern Romanian country.

Out of affection for ancient Roman civilization and the purpose of expanding their influence in the Balkans, European powers also acquiesced in the emergence of Romania named after "Rome". 19 18 after the first world war, Britain and France and other allied countries forced Hungary, the defeated country, to cede Transylvania to Romania, thus truly completing the formation of "Greater Romania". Generally speaking,19 ~ 20th century is the period when the modern Romanian country and the Romanian nation finally formed.

At the same time, it is undeniable that the heyday of the Roman Empire spanned three continents, dominated Europe and Asia, and created unparalleled art and civilization, which was one of the most brilliant periods in European history. Therefore, many countries and nations in later generations want to show their strength through the glory of the Roman Empire. Charlemagne, who founded Charlemagne Empire, was crowned as "Roman Emperor", Germans called their country "Holy Roman Empire", and even Turks once called their country Rumi (meaning Rome).