In 1453, Constantinople was no longer the metropolis of Justinian. Its population had shrunk dramatically. Entire districts ...
Through Google Earth’s lens, we retrace the dramatic Fall of Constantinople in 1453. In just one minute, we chart the city’s imposing walls, the Ottoman siege led by Mehmed II, and the moment the ...
Robin Pierson is from London in the UK. He is the host of the History of Byzantium, a podcast dedicated to the story of the Roman Empire from the collapse of the West in 476 to the fall of ...