不過當時的希臘人有很明確且普遍的的拜占庭認同 他們普遍仍然使用Ρωμη 與Ρωμηο代表自己與民希臘人 甚至Kolokotronis在回憶錄中暗示了當代革命者與拜占庭的沿續性"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"