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y f > TOP DEFINITION Constantinople Capital of the Byzantine Empire. Was established as New Rome by Constantine the Great in the 4th century A.D. (The Byzantine Empire was actually the Greek- speaking Eastern half of the Ancient Roman Empire, which offically fell in 476 A.D., with the deposition of Romulus Augustus.)Constantinople became the center of Orthodox Christianity after the Great Schism of 1054. Constaninople was sacked in 1204 by Western invaders during the 4th crusade, who then established the "Latin Empire." Even though Constantinople was retaken by its rightful owners in 1261, it never again regained its former glory. The weakened city was taken by the opportunistic Ottomans less than 200 years later, in 1453. Now in a state of disarray, the city of Constantinople is called "Istanbul" by it's Ottoman occupants. It is understood by most and argued by many that Constantinople is the rightful property of Greece. It is the opinion of many that the Turkish government should give back what wasn't theirs to take in the first place.

Constantinople Urban Dictionary


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Constantine died the day the city fell, 29 May 1453. According to Michael Critobulus (writing later in Mehmed's service), he remarked, "The city is fallen and I am still alive."[26] Then he tore off his imperial ornaments so as to let nothing distinguish him from any other soldier and led his remaining troops in a last charge where he was killed.[27]
Uuuh.Enricowe missed the Holy Land Wetre not aiming for the Holy Land Siege of Constantinople (1204) Part of the Fourth Crusade
Apparently Greece just built a new statue of Constantine XI - perhaps that is why this topic is trending...
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Fall Of Constantinople

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constantinople, 1453, history, historical, byzantine empire, roman empire, ottoman empire, meme

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