RE: [OT] Raising the Double-headed Eagle on the Theodosian Walls, was Re: Roger's Quiz :-(

The Japanese were more polite, and called it the Meiji Restoration...

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> Subject: [OT] Raising the Double-headed Eagle on the Theodosian 
> Walls, was Re: Roger's Quiz :-(
> 
> --- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> > > [1]Is it really a revolution if you're reinstating
> > > something that's over 2,000 years old?
> > 
> > I think the key point is "something that hasn't been
> > around for 550
> > years,"  But you could call it a counterrevolution
> > if you like.