Credit: Cobija / Wikimedia Commons To that extensive defensive complex was added another located on the outskirts of Constantinople and its surroundings, consisting of the Anastasian Wall (built by ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

May 29 has witnessed some of the most pivotal moments in global history, affecting politics, culture, and society in profound ...

May 29, 1453, marks a dark chapter in the history of our people and the world, the dramatic fall of the Queen of Cities, ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

The Conqueror was not only a great military commander and statesman, but also a brilliant scientist who was a pioneer in ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the service of the Graveside Lamentation at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in ...

The true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

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 ...