Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Theodosian Walls were once the mighty fortifications that protected Constantinople from invaders. 5 kilometers and featuring multiple layers of defense. Despite their formidable design ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

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

The empire fell on May 29, 1453, when the army of the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II breached the walls of Constantinople. Pagan then Christian, Roman then Greek, the eastern empire endured for 1,123 ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...