不过当时的希腊人有很明确且普遍的的拜占庭认同 他们普遍仍然使用Ρωμη 与Ρωμηο代表自己与民希腊人 甚至Kolokotronis在回忆录中暗示了当代革命者与拜占庭的沿续性"That can never be; it's either freedom or death.We never compromised with the Turks. Some they killed, some they enslaved by the sword, and otherslike us lived free from generation to generation.Our Basileus died, he didn't sign any treaty. Hisguard had an everlasting war with the Turks, andtwo fortresses have always been unyielding"