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Ethnically yes, but the Eastern Roman Empire WERE Romans, which the Byzantines are descended from

Rome is more of a nationality rather than an ethnicity. Latins are the dominant ethnicity of Roman Empire, since they started like that.

Similar to the United States of America, there is no ethnicity, but a nationality.

Even the Eastern Romans tried to restore the legacy of Rome from Justinian Era

My point is that the culture, ethnicity, religion, etc. does not matter. What matters is politically. Cultures within a country can mix, ethnicity can change, or the country can change religion. Byzantium is virtually Romans, but after the Arab Invasions they began to spoke Greek, as they were reduced to historical Greek lands