Respuesta :
1. The Roman Catholic Church.
2. They saw themselves as part of the Roman Empire.
Please correct me if I'm wrong!! :)
The Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church stayed in power even throughout the Middle Ages, as the Church became richer and had more powerful members inside it's body. However, the Catholic Church started to diminish during the Protestant Reformation and the Age of Science (?) (with Galileo and his founding that the earth was not in the center of the universe).
For the next one, i would say: They saw themselves as part of the Roman Empire.
After all, the Byzantine Empire used to be part of the Roman Empire, and only split during the reign of Diocletian to make the empire easier to defend.
hope this helps