Was the Byzantine empire Greek or Roman?

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Neither. It was Byzantine.

They were Moopes.

Is this Age of Empires related?

The city was a lot closer to the Hellanic than Latin heartlands; obviously the Romans held it for a while, and was part of Empire. However, the Empire was partitioned in various scopes all the back the Triumvates. The city's locale was also peopled by non-Hellanic folks: Thracians and the Iconian sections of Anatolya. There were other migration waves as well that altered the demographics.

As Rome was sacked, the "Western Roman Empire" collapsed, the Byzantium seemed like a good site to relocate the capitol. In reality: it was mostly Hellanic/Caucasus types there anyway, but it was the Romans who regained them access to that region (Alexander had been through not that long ago). It made sense politically for many people to say "the Roman Empire wasn't dead, it just moved to the east... away from uh, Rome".

The continuity of the empire is possible because of the Romans considered them as inherently civilized as they were and their cultures were similar enough for them to be compatible. Were they Greek or Roman? I look at the dynasties running that regime; those weren't Latin names.

Actually by the time Attila runs rampant through Western Europe, the capitol was in Ravenna.

Byzantium was chosen when Constantine ascended to be emperor around 310 -315. He realizes that the empire had gotten too large for one man to effectively govern. Constantine was not from Rome so he identified mote with the East.

Byzantium was strategically important because it was where Europe and Asia Minor come close.