queenfredegund:May 29th 1453, the Fall of Constantinople“To surrender the city to you is beyond my a
queenfredegund:May 29th 1453, the Fall of Constantinople“To surrender the city to you is beyond my authority or anyone else’s who lives in it, for all of us, after taking the mutual decision, shall die out of free will without sparing our lives.”Constantine XI Palaiologos (1405-1453)Fall of Constantinople and end of the Eastern Roman Empire. Led by Sultan Mehmed II, the Ottoman army entered into the city. During three days, Mehmed II gave the city to his soldiers, for plunder. The body of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Byzantine emperor, had never been clearly identified among the deads. The capture of Constantinople marked the end of the Roman Empire, an imperial state that had lasted for nearly 1,500 years. -- source link
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