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Severus restored Byzantium to the form and condition in which it existed as the immediate predecessor of Constantinople. The principal gate in the walls of the restored city stood at the extremity ...
Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of ...
Five different sets of walls have been built around the city of Constantinople, the most important of which was the last, built under the reign of Theodosius II, who came to power in 408 AD. Also ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The walls protecting the city of Constantinople were the most famous of the medieval world ...
On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...
Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...
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