retorted. ‘'No, we are Romans,’’ the children replied. The Roman identity also survives prominently in some Greek populations outside of Greece itself. For instance, Greeks in Ukraine, settled there as part of Catherine the Great's Greek Plan in the 18th century, maintain Roman identity, designating themselves as Rumaioi. See also Anatolia Byzantine studies Decline of the Roman Empire Greek scholars in the Renaissance Greek-Turkish relations Hagia Sophia Hellenization History of Greece History of the Byzantine Empire Ethnic, religious and political formations Byzantine Jewry Romaniote Jews Ottoman Greeks Greeks Roman people References Citations Sources Further reading Society of the Byzantine Empire Greeks Greek culture Medieval Greece Medieval ethnic groups of Europe