"God forbid that I should live as an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I will fall with it. Whosoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can, and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me." A true Emperor.
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!@@JKHGAMING
No matter who you are, no matter your ethnic or religious background, nobody can doubt the bravery of this man. He sought to defend the legacy of Rome with his dying breath, and that he did, he refused to let his city fall like nothing. Constantine died along with the Roman Empire, but that legacy always lives on.
He knew he lost the siege but instead of surrendering he delivered the most badass speech ever and went in for a last battle falling down along with the city
Constantine XI was so based. ❤💜 If he had even 1% of the support/resources that past emperors had then he would’ve prospered. I respect that man so much. I’m not crying at 2am, you are
It damn near brings tears to my eyes when I think about the Fall of Constantinople and the sacrifice made by Constantine XI. He faced impossible odds and yet, instead of letting the over 2200 year old Roman Empire fade away with a whimper, he chose to fight right along side his men and died protecting his people, city, and empire. Constantine XI truly was a great person to be the last Roman Emperor. May the Marble Emperor rise one day and reconquer Constantinople and unite the Romans once again.
@@dominosarminius1710 Yes kid we are wherever we are and never ever will forget what was ours and we are about to repossess . You and the likes of you, can’t possibly understand that , and what’s more you are fully excused, simply because you’re not what you should be , For true Greeks ,Orthodox Christian Greeks just the thought of what is coming brings tears to our eyes . The Kingdom -- Empire never died, just resting ✝️
Beautiful comment, truly appreciate your patriotism and support of our longest lasting Orthodox Christian, Greek speaking Empire in Europe that is not gone, just resting
and? you think there wont be any wars anymore? look around you pal the world is burning war is as human as it gets we cant stop fighting@@dominosarminius1710
One fact that not many people are aware of is that, one of the Greek Royal Houses that ruled in the Byzantine Empire, was the Argead Dynasty. Descending from the city of Argos in southern Greece, the Argead Royal House was the ancestor parent house of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.. A dynasty linking the Hellenistic era with the Byzantine Empire, almost 15 centuries…
You don’t find this kind of info in the net mate. Check out “A History of the Byzantine State and Society“ by Warren Treadgold, an expert of the Greek Byzantine Empire. Truly epic.
@@like31000 l'impero bizantino è esisto Bro, loro si definivano romani e lo erano, sono stati gli storici dopo che hanno deciso di chiamarlo impero bizantino
@@Ares-rv5cl appunto, è un termine artificiale inventato da storici del sacro romano impero germanico nel XVI secolo per discreditare la legittimità di Roma
"Rome hasn't fallen, She lives on, In our Church and Hearts. The city will be ours once again. He will awake. Until then; Keep your eyes on Paradise, and Love Christ."
@@productions4452 they are silly but I can't deny that their vibe is certainly turning me into a discerning Orthodox. I want to get away from the bastard religion of Catholicism which keeps me from God when that's what it's supposed to be all about. I cannot deny that Orthodoxy seems to be the one true way of Christianity and that I crave the purified version of what I saw in Catholicism. Until then, your pain becomes my pain and your fight my fight. I am not Greek, but I love Christ and I would defend Constantinople. This online movement supporting Orthodoxy... it might just swell the ranks. History will tell what that could do for the Orthodox Church.
@@gabrielg.4238 you have it the wrong way around, Greece is the starting point of European civilisation, everything else can only be understood by how and how much it departs from that form
Yea no, the Byzantines did not like the west Europeans, they saw them as Germanic invaders as the franks and lombards etc, and they had numerous problems, the Byzantines in terms of historical accuracy are impossible to consider part of western civilization, in fact they had strong affinity with eastern Christians instead, such as the Coptic and Syriac and Armenian people.
This is the example for all men. When you have problem fight and don't stop. And if you lost your life fight again. Glory to The Byzantine, Η Κωνσταντινούπολη Ειναι Ελλάδα 🇬🇷☦️
Fraudulent and peace breaker Mr.Constantine-XI : 1 However, Emperor Constantine’s diplomatic relations with Venice ( in Italy) were complicated by his aggressive actions toward the republic while despot of the Morea ( in Greece). Specifically, Constantine’s capture of Patras ( Greece), a port city in the Moreote northwest, irritated Venice ( catholic)and characterized the future emperor as a maverick. In the fifteenth century, the city of Patras was administered by its Latin archbishop, Pandolfo Malatesta, under the suzerainty of the Papacy. The Venetians briefly held possession of the city between 1408 and 1419, but sold the city to the Latin ruler of Epiros, Carlo II Tocco, who later placed the city under Rome’s protection. However, the Venetians still coveted Patras as a commercial center and conducted a brisk trade within the city. They also still viewed the city as a target for Venetian territorial expansion in the Morea, as Patras was located across the Corinthian Gulf from their base of Naupaktos. However, after John VIII established his brother Constantine in the northwest Morea as despot, the port city was a prime target for him as well. The despot did not waste time attacking the city. Constantine moved against Patras in 1428, shortly after his arrival in the Morea. However, even with the aid of his brothers John and Thomas, the despot could not capture the city. He accepted instead an annual tribute of 500 gold coins from the city’s defenders. While the Venetians in Naupaktos were not pleased with this arrangement between Patras and Despot Constantine, it still allowed them to maintain their commercial ties to the city as before. Constantine’s subsequent actions surprised Venetian observers. Almost immediately, he laid siege to the city once again, this time with a larger, more committed army. The despot actively engaged the defenders, barely escaping death during a skirmish when archers killed his horse from under him. After a brief but intense struggle, the defenders and the despot reached an agreement, since the bishop was traveling through Italy during Constantine’s sieges of Patras. If he did not return after a month, the defenders would surrender to Constantine and proclaim him their overlord. When the metropolitan did not return in the allotted time, Patras surrendered to Despot Constantine, although the city’s citadel, defended by men loyal to the bishop (including some Venetians), did not surrender for another twelve months. Constantine’s occupation of Patras annoyed the Venetians and frustrated their plans for domination over the city. In addition, the Byzantine capture of Patras threatened the status of Venetian mercantile interests in the city, as the despot could force new taxes to finance his further Moreote campaigns. Despot Constantine’s actions against Patras would become important after his accession to the throne in 1449, as the military campaign established him as a maverick in Venetian eyes. Even twenty years later (1453), the Republic of Venice viewed Constantine as a threat to their possessions in Greece and throughout the Levant, and was reluctant to provide him with aid. " Source: Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453) Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006 Author: Adam William Hellebuyck. Page: 83,84
Fraudulent and peace breaker Constantine-XI : 2 "Since Byzantium was essentially a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottaman sultan often oversaw changes in leadership. When John VIII died on October 31, 1448 without an heir, his two brothers Constantine and Demetrios contested the Byzantine throne. While Demetrios, a fervent opponent of the west, had the support of the anti-Unionist faction in Constantinople, Constantine was significantly more popular both in the Morea and in Constantinople. In addition, he possessed the support of his mother, Empress Helena, which added overwhelming credibility to Constantine’s claim to the empire. However, since the Byzantines were technically vassals of the Ottoman sultan, Constantine agreed to submit the Byzantine succession to Murad-II ( Ottaman sultan at that time) for arbitration. Such an act of deference was extremely uncharacteristic of Constantine, especially because of his previous actions toward the Ottomans. On December 6, 1448, George Sphrantzes ( one of the chief advisor) led an embassy to Murad’s court, and Constantine was chosen as the Byzantine emperor. The new emperor hoped that his deference to Ottoman authority would help pacify the sultan while he deliberated on ways to combat the Turks. Once Sphrantzes returned from his embassy, the emperor sent Murad lavish gifts to commemorate a new period of peace between them. Through this episode, Constantine showed false obsequiousness toward Murad-II in order to mask his true anti-Turkish sentiments. This was shown through his attacks in Greece during and after the Crusade of Varna. ( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453) Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006 Author: Adam William Hellebuyck. Page:41,42 ) "Emperor Constantine XI’s actions toward the Turks while despot of the Morea (from 1443 to 1448) show that he preferred to take decisive, aggressive action against the Ottomans, and that his acts of deference were merely a stalling tactic. The emperor, while ruling southern Greece, was clearly anti-Turkish in his views and policies. Constantine’s earliest actions against the Ottomans coincided with the Crusade of Varna, launched from Hungary in 1444. The Byzantines learned of the crusade in 1443, when John VIII went on a hunting expedition with the Italian traveler Cyriacus of Ancona.The Greeks thought of the crusade in two ways. First, they believed that if the Hungarians could fight their way to Constantinople, the city’s immediate encirclement would be relieved. They could then concentrate on re-conquering Thrace from the weakened Turks. Second, the Greeks of the Morea, Constantine included, counted upon the crusade to provide a necessary distraction so that they could reoccupy portions of central Greece.The despot used the distraction that the Western crusaders provided to conquer several cities and towns from the Turks in Attica and Thessaly. The chronicler Doukas explains that Constantine “foresaw the total destruction of the Turks” during his campaign throughout late 1444 and 1445. While the despot ( Constantine-XI) made considerable gains early in the campaign, once the crusaders were defeated at Varna, the sultan could focus his attention upon the Greeks. Despite overwhelming numbers of Turkish troops, Constantine refused to return control of the conquered territories to Sultan Murad II. Instead, he prepared for battle at the newly refortified Hexamilion wall across the Isthmus of Corinth. The Byzantines of the Morea also placed more emphasis upon exploiting human weaknesses in siege warfare than upon technological advantage, since they did not possess the financial resources necessary to outpace the Ottomans in military technology. Therefore, the isthmus walls were built in a medieval fashion, and did not possess any defensive artillery to discourage an Ottoman assault. Constantine misjudged the quality of his fortifications, as Murad, using gunpowder artillery, smashed through them and routed the defenders. The Turks took over 60,000 prisoners, and Constantine barely escaped with his life. This episode shows Constantine’s tendency toward rash, aggressive actions against the Ottoman Turks even before his accession to the Byzantine throne. ( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453) Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006 Author: Adam William Hellebuyck. Page:44,45,46 )
The most beautiful city in the world a jewel of Greco-Roman culture and the center of Orthodox Christianity, its fall into the hands of barbarians is the saddest day in the history of mankind. Eternal glory to the Marble Emperor and defenders of Constantinople. βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων.Love for the great Hellenic nation from Serbia.
nah man i feel like the bohemian loss of its austro-styrian crownlands (half of its fucking country) is saddest day ever !!!!!!!!!! czechia best country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@stepanek7404 Czechia the best country that has never been an independent country, or at least not for a whole millennium. Good beer, beautiful women, but weak desire for own country, or let the Germans/Austrians lead us through history, they will leave us beautiful buildings for tourists in the twenty-first century🤣
@@stepanek7404 Where the f... Is czechia or whatever you call it ? Can't find it on the world map. Must be a suburb of Athens, or Moscow or maybe Chicago . In any case probably the place sucks big big time.
Barbarian, you must be kidding, our civilsation exists for 8 thousand years, It must be difficult to accept that the city he called his jewel fell under the rule of the strongest enemy he has ever faced.
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!
Very moving, greetings from Italy! For me every 29th of may is a mourning and sad day, and every time I go to Athens I pay my hommage to Saint Constantine in front of his statue in Cathedral square
He is one of the greatest emperors of the Greeks, few know his history!! His body was never found!! But he was written in history and remains a stronghold for the Greeks 🙏🏻🙏🏻☦️👑
@@sinankurtulus4844 no one confirms that his body was found, where are the details? one says that he was lost, another that he is alive, another that he was beheaded! who has proof that he is telling the truth? where is his grave? or his mausoleum?
But he wasn’t Greek he was a Roman that spoke Greek , I’m an American who speaks English I have nothing in common with the UK they have their history and we ours
Remember, it was 100,000 (Ottomans) against 10,000 Greeks. Yet they still struggled to take Constantinople, on the 18th of April an estimate of 18,000 ottomans died due to the heavy resistance from the Greeks. Not only could they barely take Constantinople, during the occupation they failed to rewrite history of making themselves the inventors of science and geography. The Greek resistance still maintained for 400 years until 1821 when Greek independance happened!
@@RTGD851 He was desesperate for Help, i don't know if it was good or bad only God can judge but he tried everything he could to save the City against islam
Alexandria back to Greece? That’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone think of actually losing territory for another weaker nation to actually be logical. I may be wrong though
Today, 571 years ago, Constantinople, the last bastion of the Roman Empire, would fall. It was the end of an era. They will always be in our memory.
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Maybe Byzantine could have survived the eastern invasion if Europe had united and helped them. But instead, there was the catastrophe of the Fourth Crusade and the following 70 years of plundering and occupation which Constantinople and Byzantine never recovered from. So, the tragedy of 1453 was most likely unavoidable.
The Kingdom -Empire 👑 will be back, and what's more we Orthodox Christians will be Io glorify our beloved Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Church ✝️ of His Holy Wisdom Long live Greece 🇬🇷 Long live the Greek military forces 🇬🇷✝️ Long live Crown 👑 Prince Pavlos of Greece, Long live the Greek Royal 👑 Family 👑 And above all Orthodoxy ✝️🌹 for ever and ever AMEN ✝️🌹🇬🇷✝️
@@Isidore-hj4cm Yes, the 👑 Kingdom of the Most High, the 👑 Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ ✝️ bless His Name, will be glorified soon in the Holy Church of the Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia in Constantinople . The intruders will return to where they came from . Long live the Greek Speaking and Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire. ✝️✝️✝️
It's a mosque now dear.millions of Muslims take part in jummah prayer every friday.and Constantinople!!!! 😁😁..It's Istanbul for almost 570 yrs..so relaxed..take a deep breath and have a sound sleep
@@kazisabidabdullahhabib5250What do yoy mean its been istanbul for 700 years? It was recently changed from Constantinople to Istanbul just after aorld wae 1
@@Thecross0987 when mehmed 2 conquered Constantinople immediately he changed the name from Constantinople to istambul.he conquered the land in 1453...its almost 600 yrs now..Muslims are saying jummah prayers in hagia Sofia From last 3-4 years
@@JstZeldablackie Should I remind you of the "axe bearing foreigners" (or the "varangian guard") as they were called, that stood until the very end with Konstantinos XI to protect the legacy of the Roman Empire? Or will you learn not to just hate on people?
Many innocent women were raped because they were Christians The city was set on fire All were either converted or killed Churches were burned or converted into mosques
I am Iranian and I know how evil Islam is. When the great Sassanid empire fell 1400 years ago, our misfortunes began. We fought the plague alongside our Christian and Greek brothers and we will fight again
Here's an english translation of the theme song: You'll come as a lightning There will be a celebration across the country Sea, land and sky, within your Light I'll dress up in white To touch (feel) you again You Light, me Heart, oh how I love you King of the kings, help the King Mercy, mercy, heavenly God Constantine Dragatsis Palaiolgos, by God's virtue Emperor of the Romans At the gate of Saint Roman, riding his white horse Four Betas (Βασιλεύς Βασιλέων Βασιλεί Βοήθει meaning King of the Kings (Christ) help the King (Constantine)), mercy, mercy, Marmaras, Vosporus and Black Tuesday (Tuesday was the day Constantinople fell) Be horrified Sun, sigh oh Earth, Polis (Polis is how the Greeks were refering to Constantinople) has fallen, Polis has fallen Reigning (refers to Constantinople as the Reining City), golden gate and the Porfirogennitos (a nickname for the Roman Emperors) at the Kokkini Milia (a legendary/mythical place according to the greek traditions, meaning that the Emperor is there now) Polis was the Sword, Polis was the flagpole, Polis was the key for all of the Romania (The Byzantine Empire) Be soothed oh Despoina (Name for the Mother of Christ) and do not weep, again in time, all these will be yours again... At the Roman's Gate, you left us for somewhere else And Angel shall bring you back again When the time is right (adressing the Roman Emperor. According to the myth, the Emperor is not dead but he's marbled, waiting for the time to return and free Constantinople from the Ottoman rule) Inside Hagia Sophia, we'll find ourselves again A future Liturgy, all the Hellennes (Greeks) toghether.. Constantine Dragatsis Palaiologos.
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari. Truly epic.
NI OUBLIE.RIEN Y COMPRIS LE.BATACLAN LES.NOTRES NOS MILLIONS DE NOS COUSINE COUSIN MY HÉRITAGE ADN CONEXION NOS RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL DE.NOS.PARENTS ANCÊTRES RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES 2000.ANS.PLUS NOTRE.CONTINENTS D'OCCIDENTS RÉINCARNATION GÉNÉRATION XX.ANS NATALITÉ RÉINCARNATION GÉNÉRATION NOSTRADAMUS JEAN RASPAIL MOISE NOS.PROPHETE NOTRE MONDE OCCIDENTALE NOS DRAPEAUX NOS.VENTRE NOS.SOEUR DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS PAS.DE.PITER RECONQUÊTE ZEMOUR OU CREVER
OU EST LE LIONS EN.VOUS MES FRERES TEMPLIAR MES.SOEUR TEMPLIAR NOS RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES SUPRÉMATIE DEPUIS LE MOYEN ÂGE ÉTERNEL RECOMENCEMENT NOTRE.CONTINENTS D'OCCIDENTS NOS ZIVILISATION ALEMAND DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT L'ODYSSÉE L'OCCIDENT PROTECT L'OCÉAN ATLANTIQUE MONDO WHITESSSSS TEMPLIAR ECT...NOS.DIEUX NOS ZIVILISATION DE.NOTRE.CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT NAISSANCE NOS MOTHER NOS.SOEUR D'OCCIDENTS MÉDIÉVAL DEPUIS LA NUIT DES TEMPS NOS.FRONTIERE NOS ARME NUCLÉAIRE NOS FRONTIÈRES NOS.DRAPEAUX
ON.NA.NOS.PROPHETE NOS.DIEUX MONDO OCCIDENTALE PROTECT NOS.SOEUR NOS VENTRES DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL VENGEUR ET GÉNOCIDE NOS FRONTIÈRES NOS DROIT DU SOL TRES MAJORITAIRE PARTOUT DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS DANS.NOS.VILLES NOS VILLAGES NOS CAMPAGNES NOS NATIONALITÉ NOS COUTUME DEPUIS NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL MONDO OCCIDENTALE TOLKIEN NOS FOYER DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS PROTECT VOS FOYER VOS DRAPEAUX DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL CHARLES MARTEL RICHARD LION BYZANTIN CONSTANTIN ISIDORE ALEXANDRE NOS ÉLITE EXTREME DROITE MILENAIRES A HITLER A MAINTENANT CONEXION MY HÉRITAGE ADN NOS.SOEUR OCCIDENTALE NOS PURIFICATION ET AUCUN NE.SERA MÉTISSÉ ENLEVER LA CAPOTE ET FAITE PLEIN.DEMILLE BEAUTÉ FORCE RICHESSE SS DE RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES SUPRÉMATIE
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!
@user-eu3hz3dw5b Do you even know history? They are ethnically greek but their identity is Roman. There was no such thing as Byzantine Empire. It was the Roman Empire.
Zelensky had a similar outlook “I don’t need a ride, I need ammunition”. There are still people who refuse to abandon their country when their country needs them.
And so, another Roman Capital, in the Heart of the Hellenic World, fell to another group of savage barbarians. Basileus Konstantinos was not just a Roman, he was a Spartan born, he honored not only his ancestors but the previous Emperors who reigned over this majestic city 29th of May, a time to honour the martyrs. This video, compilation was one of the most Epic ones about the Byzantine Empire, also called (by me) the Greco-Roman Empire but to the citizens: Autokratoria Rhomaia (Empire of the Romans) the Eastern Roman Empire. A real ornament to human civilization, rest in peace
Barbar "türkler olmasa şuan İstanbul şehri bir hiçti fatih sultan mehmed ve onun soyundan gelenler İstanbulu dünyanın en güzel kentlerinden biri haline getirdi kazanılan vergiden çok daha fazlası şehrin tamirine ayrıldı ve şuan yunanistan nüfusunun 2 katı olarak varlığını sürdürüyor Erdoğana rağmen hala dünyanın en güzel şehirlerinden birisi ağlayabilirsiniz ama türkler İstanbula sizden çok daha fazla değer verdi
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!@@potassium1311
I'm Turkish but I respect this man. Even though he was our enemy, he fought like lions and died while defending his beloved city. May his soul rest in peace.
Turks stop being bastards, CONSTANTINOPLE belonged in Greeks and it still belongs,do you know why? Because the light of JESUS CHRIST is blinding you every single day...We are the persons that we kept scourge of Islam far away from the Christian World,and we still do!!!!LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!!! LONG LIVE TO GREECE AND THE MIGHTY BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!❤❤❤☦️☦️☦️☦️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL NOS NATIONALITÉ DEPUIS LA NUIT DES TEMPS NOS EMPIRE CHEVALERIE CAVELERIE XX ANS NATALITÉ RÉINCARNATION UNIFIER DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL EN UNE BANIERE SS
As a Muslim and a fan of sultan Mehmed 2, I give respect to emperor Constantine XI Dragas Paleologos,He was also a great leader like sultan Mehmed Al Fatih, as the last leader of the great Roman empire, which lasted more than 2000 years He carried out his duties well, and chose to die with his people and empire
See below ,what type of duties he carried out and choose to die with his people and Empire Fraudulent and peace breaker Mr.Constantine-XI : 1 However, Emperor Constantine’s diplomatic relations with Venice ( in Italy) were complicated by his aggressive actions toward the republic while despot of the Morea ( in Greece). Specifically, Constantine’s capture of Patras ( Greece), a port city in the Moreote northwest, irritated Venice ( catholic)and characterized the future emperor as a maverick. In the fifteenth century, the city of Patras was administered by its Latin archbishop, Pandolfo Malatesta, under the suzerainty of the Papacy. The Venetians briefly held possession of the city between 1408 and 1419, but sold the city to the Latin ruler of Epiros, Carlo II Tocco, who later placed the city under Rome’s protection. However, the Venetians still coveted Patras as a commercial center and conducted a brisk trade within the city. They also still viewed the city as a target for Venetian territorial expansion in the Morea, as Patras was located across the Corinthian Gulf from their base of Naupaktos. However, after John VIII established his brother Constantine in the northwest Morea as despot, the port city was a prime target for him as well. The despot did not waste time attacking the city. Constantine moved against Patras in 1428, shortly after his arrival in the Morea. However, even with the aid of his brothers John and Thomas, the despot could not capture the city. He accepted instead an annual tribute of 500 gold coins from the city’s defenders. While the Venetians in Naupaktos were not pleased with this arrangement between Patras and Despot Constantine, it still allowed them to maintain their commercial ties to the city as before. Constantine’s subsequent actions surprised Venetian observers. Almost immediately, he laid siege to the city once again, this time with a larger, more committed army. The despot actively engaged the defenders, barely escaping death during a skirmish when archers killed his horse from under him. After a brief but intense struggle, the defenders and the despot reached an agreement, since the bishop was traveling through Italy during Constantine’s sieges of Patras. If he did not return after a month, the defenders would surrender to Constantine and proclaim him their overlord. When the metropolitan did not return in the allotted time, Patras surrendered to Despot Constantine, although the city’s citadel, defended by men loyal to the bishop (including some Venetians), did not surrender for another twelve months. Constantine’s occupation of Patras annoyed the Venetians and frustrated their plans for domination over the city. In addition, the Byzantine capture of Patras threatened the status of Venetian mercantile interests in the city, as the despot could force new taxes to finance his further Moreote campaigns. Despot Constantine’s actions against Patras would become important after his accession to the throne in 1449, as the military campaign established him as a maverick in Venetian eyes. Even twenty years later (1453), the Republic of Venice viewed Constantine as a threat to their possessions in Greece and throughout the Levant, and was reluctant to provide him with aid. " Source: Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453) Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006 Author: Adam William Hellebuyck. Page: 83,84
Fraudulent and peace breaker Constantine-XI : 2 "Since Byzantium was essentially a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottaman sultan often oversaw changes in leadership. When John VIII died on October 31, 1448 without an heir, his two brothers Constantine and Demetrios contested the Byzantine throne. While Demetrios, a fervent opponent of the west, had the support of the anti-Unionist faction in Constantinople, Constantine was significantly more popular both in the Morea and in Constantinople. In addition, he possessed the support of his mother, Empress Helena, which added overwhelming credibility to Constantine’s claim to the empire. However, since the Byzantines were technically vassals of the Ottoman sultan, Constantine agreed to submit the Byzantine succession to Murad-II ( Ottaman sultan at that time) for arbitration. Such an act of deference was extremely uncharacteristic of Constantine, especially because of his previous actions toward the Ottomans. On December 6, 1448, George Sphrantzes ( one of the chief advisor) led an embassy to Murad’s court, and Constantine was chosen as the Byzantine emperor. The new emperor hoped that his deference to Ottoman authority would help pacify the sultan while he deliberated on ways to combat the Turks. Once Sphrantzes returned from his embassy, the emperor sent Murad lavish gifts to commemorate a new period of peace between them. Through this episode, Constantine showed false obsequiousness toward Murad-II in order to mask his true anti-Turkish sentiments. This was shown through his attacks in Greece during and after the Crusade of Varna. ( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453) Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006 Author: Adam William Hellebuyck. Page:41,42 ) "Emperor Constantine XI’s actions toward the Turks while despot of the Morea (from 1443 to 1448) show that he preferred to take decisive, aggressive action against the Ottomans, and that his acts of deference were merely a stalling tactic. The emperor, while ruling southern Greece, was clearly anti-Turkish in his views and policies. Constantine’s earliest actions against the Ottomans coincided with the Crusade of Varna, launched from Hungary in 1444. The Byzantines learned of the crusade in 1443, when John VIII went on a hunting expedition with the Italian traveler Cyriacus of Ancona.The Greeks thought of the crusade in two ways. First, they believed that if the Hungarians could fight their way to Constantinople, the city’s immediate encirclement would be relieved. They could then concentrate on re-conquering Thrace from the weakened Turks. Second, the Greeks of the Morea, Constantine included, counted upon the crusade to provide a necessary distraction so that they could reoccupy portions of central Greece.The despot used the distraction that the Western crusaders provided to conquer several cities and towns from the Turks in Attica and Thessaly. The chronicler Doukas explains that Constantine “foresaw the total destruction of the Turks” during his campaign throughout late 1444 and 1445. While the despot ( Constantine-XI) made considerable gains early in the campaign, once the crusaders were defeated at Varna, the sultan could focus his attention upon the Greeks. Despite overwhelming numbers of Turkish troops, Constantine refused to return control of the conquered territories to Sultan Murad II. Instead, he prepared for battle at the newly refortified Hexamilion wall across the Isthmus of Corinth. The Byzantines of the Morea also placed more emphasis upon exploiting human weaknesses in siege warfare than upon technological advantage, since they did not possess the financial resources necessary to outpace the Ottomans in military technology. Therefore, the isthmus walls were built in a medieval fashion, and did not possess any defensive artillery to discourage an Ottoman assault. Constantine misjudged the quality of his fortifications, as Murad, using gunpowder artillery, smashed through them and routed the defenders. The Turks took over 60,000 prisoners, and Constantine barely escaped with his life. This episode shows Constantine’s tendency toward rash, aggressive actions against the Ottoman Turks even before his accession to the Byzantine throne. ( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453) Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006 Author: Adam William Hellebuyck. Page:44,45,46 )
The Last Stand of Rome was the greatest last stand in history, For over 2000 years the Empire held and fought...But as sadly enough has become fact...Nothing lasts forever, They were true Sons of Rome
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!
@@muditspositionYeah I found one afterwards, I was curious to see what were the lyrics, enventhough I wanted to learn a bit of greek before in order to, at least, recongnize words by mysellf :)
Bro the Ottoman documentary about the war on wallachia and the fall of constantinople was fire bro. that shit was both a whole ass movie and documentary
Even though i am a turk, i will pay respect to Constantine and his people for fighting that war to the last, for their belives and ancestors, even when they knew all hope was lost.
This video is simply amazing. It presents Constantine XI in a simply true and great matter. The endurance and resilience of the Roman forces at Constantinople was great even though they were outnumbered 10 to 1. The end of Rome in 1453 is a truly poetic end to a 2000-year-old empire. Often times a leader stays away from the combat and the chance of defeat, such as when the Ottomans besieged Vienna the Sultan left to take no blame, Constantine the XI did the exact opposite, instead of leaving to survive he decided if the city were to fall he would, and dropped the most poetic last words of "The city has fallen and I'm still alive? truly showing the greatness of the last roman emperor. Rome showed glory from its start to the very last Months, days and even minutes. The great empire of Rome has fallen, and it will rise once again. might I ask what movie/TV show/documentary is shown in this great video?
ON NA AUSSI NOTRE ADN EXTRATERRESTRE NOS DIEUX EXTRATERRESTRE DU CHRISTIANISMES LE PREMIER TESTAMENT MOISE NOS PROPHETE NOSTRADAMUS JEAN RASPAIL ON EST SUPÉRIEUR A LEURS DIVINITÉ ISLAMIQUE ET LEURS LANGUES ARABE NOIR D'ORIGINE LEURS NATIONALITÉ CLANDESTINS QUI SONT PLUS CHEZ EUX DANS LEURS MONDE ARABE NOIR ISLAMIQUE
@@orangecobraEU Depends on what time you talk about. Russia and the Ottomans had many wars going back and forth for territory. Russia became strong enough to completely destroy the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century and onwards but the British and French Empire protected the Ottomans in the name of "balance". Look up the crimean war. It was treason against Christianity and Europe in my opinion.
"God forbid that I should live as an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I will fall with it. Whosoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can, and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me."
A true Emperor.
Gather Your Forces Bois. We Have A City To Retake
A worthy and honorable end for the Roman chapter in this book of life. Ave
It's a fitting quote, but, it is from Nero lol, not Constantine.
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!@@JKHGAMING
@@nostalgiagaming560nope that's from dragases
No matter who you are, no matter your ethnic or religious background, nobody can doubt the bravery of this man. He sought to defend the legacy of Rome with his dying breath, and that he did, he refused to let his city fall like nothing. Constantine died along with the Roman Empire, but that legacy always lives on.
He is eternal ❤
One day, Rome will rise again, and the Eagle will be greater than the last
@@jacksondancy4996 seljuk eagle rising !!!
@@fratsan9979the seljuks were not roman
he died like a true roman
its like a movie plot but it actually happened
the captain goes down with his ship.... ⳩ ⳩ ⳩ ⳩
Started with a Constantine, ended with a Constantine..
Started with Romolus*
He’s taking about Constantinople and it being the capital not the entirety of Roman history
@@AlbertoGuglielmi104myth
And will be restored with a Constantine
Started with Agustus, ended with Agustus.. (Western Roman Empire)
He knew he lost the siege but instead of surrendering he delivered the most badass speech ever and went in for a last battle falling down along with the city
And along with his men
he died roman
@@tavish4699more importantly: A man of Christ
@@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded on a Personal level how you act is more important than what one believes in
Believing has no effect on others
@@tavish4699 it does. with Christ on ur side, anything is possible.
Constantine XI was so based. ❤💜
If he had even 1% of the support/resources that past emperors had then he would’ve prospered. I respect that man so much. I’m not crying at 2am, you are
He even knew he was doomed during his coronation, 4 years before this event. A heavy burden only a few men can carry.
It damn near brings tears to my eyes when I think about the Fall of Constantinople and the sacrifice made by Constantine XI. He faced impossible odds and yet, instead of letting the over 2200 year old Roman Empire fade away with a whimper, he chose to fight right along side his men and died protecting his people, city, and empire. Constantine XI truly was a great person to be the last Roman Emperor. May the Marble Emperor rise one day and reconquer Constantinople and unite the Romans once again.
We're in 2023 mate
@@dominosarminius1710 Yes kid we are wherever we are and never ever will forget what was ours and we are about to repossess . You and the likes of you, can’t possibly understand that , and what’s more you are fully excused, simply because you’re not what you should be , For true Greeks ,Orthodox Christian Greeks just the thought of what is coming brings tears to our eyes . The Kingdom -- Empire never died, just resting ✝️
Beautiful comment, truly appreciate your patriotism and support of our longest lasting Orthodox Christian, Greek speaking Empire in Europe that is not gone, just resting
and?
you think there wont be any wars anymore?
look around you pal
the world is burning
war is as human as it gets we cant stop fighting@@dominosarminius1710
The dead shall rise in Christ. We will meet Constantine XI again but not yet, not yet...
The last Emperor of Rome died fighting. The last emperor of the Ottomans died in exile.
Poético ❤
Aynen reis gel adamsan sen mi kaciyon biz mi
Charlemagne took the mantle after.
@@Alex-xb7ryen teoría si pero el problema es que los romanos de verdad aún existían a manera del imperio romano de oriente
@Alex-xb7ry he died 500~ years before the fall of the Roman Empire
One fact that not many people are aware of is that, one of the Greek Royal Houses that ruled in the Byzantine Empire, was the Argead Dynasty. Descending from the city of Argos in southern Greece, the Argead Royal House was the ancestor parent house of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great..
A dynasty linking the Hellenistic era with the Byzantine Empire, almost 15 centuries…
bro i can't find this info anywhere. Source?
You don’t find this kind of info in the net mate. Check out “A History of the Byzantine State and Society“ by Warren Treadgold, an expert of the Greek Byzantine Empire. Truly epic.
@@Theodoros_Kolokotronis bet thanks man
@Waragoras You’re welcome mate 🙌
So , they come from thracian descent ❤
Gloria eterna all'Impero Bizantino ed all'Imperatore Costantino XI 👑🇬🇷⚔️
Is not greek history it is the roman history 🤣🤣🤣
Roman emperor*
Roma 753 AC - 1453 DC
L'impero bizantino non esiste
Rome 753 BC - 1453 AD
the Byzantine empire doesn't exist
@@like31000 l'impero bizantino è esisto Bro, loro si definivano romani e lo erano, sono stati gli storici dopo che hanno deciso di chiamarlo impero bizantino
@@Ares-rv5cl
appunto, è un termine artificiale inventato da storici del sacro romano impero germanico nel XVI secolo per discreditare la legittimità di Roma
"Rome hasn't fallen, She lives on, In our Church and Hearts.
The city will be ours once again. He will awake. Until then; Keep your eyes on Paradise, and Love Christ."
Who’s quote is that?
@@crete1882 Orthodox Meme Squad.
@@productions4452 they are silly but I can't deny that their vibe is certainly turning me into a discerning Orthodox. I want to get away from the bastard religion of Catholicism which keeps me from God when that's what it's supposed to be all about. I cannot deny that Orthodoxy seems to be the one true way of Christianity and that I crave the purified version of what I saw in Catholicism. Until then, your pain becomes my pain and your fight my fight. I am not Greek, but I love Christ and I would defend Constantinople. This online movement supporting Orthodoxy... it might just swell the ranks. History will tell what that could do for the Orthodox Church.
@@Awakeningspirit20well they are not silly but rather seek to promovate Orthodoxy. God bless you ☦️
@@productions4452I here Roman as an ethnic identity still exisists amongst Greeks across the Mediterranean. They're called Rum.
This is probably the coolest Tribute i have seen for a Historical Figure
Constantine XI = HERO!!!
God Save Western Civilization!!!
Westerners betrayed and plundered Constantinople more than Ottomans. The Empire never truly recovered from 1204.
It is East European Civilization, not west!
@@viktorD4
Both are west!!!!
Or is a Greek closer to a Russian rather than an Italian just because of religion?
@@gabrielg.4238 you have it the wrong way around, Greece is the starting point of European civilisation, everything else can only be understood by how and how much it departs from that form
Yea no, the Byzantines did not like the west Europeans, they saw them as Germanic invaders as the franks and lombards etc, and they had numerous problems, the Byzantines in terms of historical accuracy are impossible to consider part of western civilization, in fact they had strong affinity with eastern Christians instead, such as the Coptic and Syriac and Armenian people.
Konstantine Paleologos the Spartan of Byzantium
He was the King Leonidas of Middle Ages.
Spartans were gay though.
@@Procopius464 no that's the thebans
@@Procopius464 no they were not😂
@@Procopius464 you mean thebans sacred band lmao
This is the example for all men. When you have problem fight and don't stop. And if you lost your life fight again. Glory to The Byzantine, Η Κωνσταντινούπολη Ειναι Ελλάδα 🇬🇷☦️
Fraudulent and peace breaker Mr.Constantine-XI : 1
However, Emperor Constantine’s diplomatic relations with Venice ( in Italy) were complicated by his aggressive actions toward the republic while despot of the Morea ( in Greece). Specifically, Constantine’s capture of Patras ( Greece), a port city in the Moreote northwest, irritated Venice ( catholic)and characterized the future emperor as a maverick. In the fifteenth century, the city of Patras was administered by its Latin archbishop, Pandolfo Malatesta, under the suzerainty of the Papacy. The Venetians briefly held possession of the city between 1408 and 1419, but sold the city to the Latin ruler of Epiros, Carlo II Tocco, who later placed the city under Rome’s protection. However, the Venetians still coveted Patras as a commercial center and conducted a brisk trade within the city. They also still viewed the city as a target for Venetian territorial expansion in the Morea, as Patras was located across the Corinthian Gulf from their base of Naupaktos.
However, after John VIII established his brother Constantine in the northwest Morea as despot, the port city was a prime target for him as well. The despot did not waste time attacking the city. Constantine moved against Patras in 1428, shortly after his arrival in the Morea. However, even with the aid of his brothers John and Thomas, the despot could not capture the city. He accepted instead an annual tribute of 500 gold coins from the city’s defenders. While the Venetians in Naupaktos were not pleased with this arrangement between Patras and Despot Constantine, it still allowed them to maintain their commercial ties to the city as before.
Constantine’s subsequent actions surprised Venetian observers. Almost immediately, he laid siege to the city once again, this time with a larger, more committed army. The despot actively engaged the defenders, barely escaping death during a skirmish when archers killed his horse from under him. After a brief but intense struggle, the defenders and the despot reached an agreement, since the bishop was traveling through Italy during Constantine’s sieges of Patras. If he did not return after a month, the defenders would surrender to Constantine and proclaim him their overlord. When the metropolitan did not return in the allotted time, Patras surrendered to Despot Constantine, although the city’s citadel, defended by men loyal to the bishop (including some
Venetians), did not surrender for another twelve months. Constantine’s occupation of Patras annoyed the Venetians and frustrated their plans for domination over the city. In addition, the Byzantine capture of Patras threatened the status of Venetian mercantile interests in the city, as the despot could force new taxes to finance his further Moreote campaigns. Despot Constantine’s actions against Patras would become important after his accession to the throne in 1449, as the military campaign established him as a maverick in Venetian eyes. Even twenty years later (1453), the Republic of Venice viewed Constantine as a threat to their possessions in Greece and throughout the Levant, and was reluctant to provide him with aid. "
Source:
Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453)
Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006
Author: Adam William Hellebuyck.
Page: 83,84
Fraudulent and peace breaker Constantine-XI : 2
"Since Byzantium was essentially a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottaman sultan often oversaw changes in leadership. When John VIII died on October 31, 1448 without an heir, his two brothers Constantine and Demetrios contested the Byzantine throne. While Demetrios, a fervent opponent of the west, had the support of the anti-Unionist faction in Constantinople, Constantine was significantly more popular both in the Morea and in Constantinople. In addition, he possessed the support of his mother, Empress Helena, which added overwhelming credibility to Constantine’s claim to the empire. However, since the Byzantines were technically vassals of the Ottoman sultan,
Constantine agreed to submit the Byzantine succession to Murad-II ( Ottaman sultan at that time) for arbitration. Such an act of deference was extremely uncharacteristic of Constantine, especially because of his previous actions toward the Ottomans.
On December 6, 1448, George Sphrantzes ( one of the chief advisor) led an embassy to Murad’s court, and Constantine was chosen as the Byzantine emperor.
The new emperor hoped that his deference to Ottoman authority would help pacify the sultan while he deliberated on ways to combat the Turks. Once Sphrantzes returned from his embassy, the emperor sent Murad lavish gifts to commemorate a new period of peace between them.
Through this episode, Constantine showed false obsequiousness toward Murad-II in order to mask his true anti-Turkish sentiments. This was shown through his
attacks in Greece during and after the Crusade of Varna.
( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453)
Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006
Author: Adam William Hellebuyck.
Page:41,42 )
"Emperor Constantine XI’s actions toward the Turks while despot of the Morea (from 1443 to 1448) show that he preferred to take decisive, aggressive action against the Ottomans, and that his acts of deference were merely a stalling tactic. The emperor, while ruling southern Greece, was clearly anti-Turkish in his views and policies. Constantine’s earliest actions against the Ottomans coincided with the Crusade of Varna, launched from Hungary in 1444. The Byzantines learned of the crusade in 1443, when John VIII went on a hunting expedition with the Italian traveler Cyriacus of Ancona.The Greeks thought of the crusade in two ways. First, they believed that if the Hungarians could fight their way to Constantinople, the city’s immediate encirclement would be relieved. They could then concentrate on re-conquering Thrace from the weakened Turks. Second, the
Greeks of the Morea, Constantine included, counted upon the crusade to provide a
necessary distraction so that they could reoccupy portions of central Greece.The despot used the distraction that the Western crusaders provided to conquer
several cities and towns from the Turks in Attica and Thessaly. The chronicler Doukas
explains that Constantine “foresaw the total destruction of the Turks” during his campaign throughout late 1444 and 1445. While the despot ( Constantine-XI) made considerable gains early in the campaign, once the crusaders were defeated at Varna, the sultan could focus his attention upon the Greeks. Despite overwhelming numbers of Turkish troops, Constantine refused to return control of the conquered territories to Sultan Murad II. Instead, he prepared for battle at the newly refortified Hexamilion wall across the Isthmus of Corinth. The Byzantines of the Morea also placed more emphasis upon exploiting human weaknesses in siege warfare than upon technological advantage, since they did not possess the financial resources necessary to outpace the Ottomans in military technology. Therefore, the isthmus walls were built in a medieval fashion, and did not possess any defensive artillery to discourage an Ottoman assault. Constantine misjudged the quality of his fortifications, as Murad, using gunpowder artillery, smashed through
them and routed the defenders. The Turks took over 60,000 prisoners, and Constantine barely escaped with his life. This episode shows Constantine’s tendency toward rash, aggressive actions against the Ottoman Turks even before his accession to the Byzantine throne.
( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453)
Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006
Author: Adam William Hellebuyck.
Page:44,45,46 )
@zahirhussain5913 The university of Michigan is wrong. All of people there it is jews, who want destroy the history.
@@zahirhussain5913 胡说八道
In china，we have a saying that we know tigers in the mountain，but we still head for mountain.We use this to show one's courage.
As my city falls i fall with it
And i rise with it because it is ours now :)(I am turkish)
"An emperor should never outlive his empire."
@@Райнвиракоthey were both simply out numbered one took his own life and one fought to his death.
@@Райнвирако And? This quote stands true despite who may have stood by it, for what is an emperor with out his empire, if not an emperor at all
@@Райнвирако Hitler was also vegan.
@@neiabaraja8040Says a lot about vegans
The most beautiful city in the world a jewel of Greco-Roman culture and the center of Orthodox Christianity, its fall into the hands of barbarians is the saddest day in the history of mankind. Eternal glory to the Marble Emperor and defenders of Constantinople.
βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων.Love for the great Hellenic nation from Serbia.
God ✝️ bless 🙏 My Brothers and Sisters in the Lord from Our sister country Serbia . Constantinople ✝️✝️✝️🌹
nah man i feel like the bohemian loss of its austro-styrian crownlands (half of its fucking country) is saddest day ever !!!!!!!!!! czechia best country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@stepanek7404 Czechia the best country that has never been an independent country, or at least not for a whole millennium. Good beer, beautiful women, but weak desire for own country, or let the Germans/Austrians lead us through history, they will leave us beautiful buildings for tourists in the twenty-first century🤣
@@stepanek7404 Where the f... Is czechia or whatever you call it ? Can't find it on the world map. Must be a suburb of Athens, or Moscow or maybe Chicago . In any case probably the place sucks big big time.
Barbarian, you must be kidding, our civilsation exists for 8 thousand years, It must be difficult to accept that the city he called his jewel fell under the rule of the strongest enemy he has ever faced.
The Marbled King will return 🇬🇷☦
Greek Orthodox cross were like this +
@@SuctixStar Yes, + is the so called Greek Cross.
But Orthodoxy is universal. We love our slavic Brothers and Sister. No problem with ☦
No, he is death forever
@reefmohammed3553 But Rome isn't. Rome will live forever it is engraved in humanity. If it rises again or remains as ash it will still be part of us
❤😊❤😊❤😊
βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων
From the Korea 🇰🇷 ♡ 🇬🇷☦
I love my Christian Corean Brothers ☦️☝️
Love my Christian Korean brothers and sisters . Greetings from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 🌴🐊
When you fight as a Roman Hero ❤🇬🇷🇸🇾☦️
I'm Syrian but my church is Greek Orthodox
Bless ❤
B B B B. Our love to the Korean people 🇬🇷 🔥 🇰🇷
He must be a SAINT ☦️🇬🇷
@@ntolmadakia77 but he was a Catholic though.
@@Kioley123 Who? Constantine or Giustiniani?
@@Kioley123whether Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant, Those who protect the religion of Christ shall remain in the greatest part of the skies. ☦️✝️✝️
@@Kioley123he was Orthodox ☦️
@@judeknowles2319 agreed
God bless the last Emperor of the Romans.
Love from 🇮🇹
🇮🇹✝️🇬🇷☦️☝️
We will rebuild the Empire
Roman empire ☦️✝️❤🇷🇸🇪🇦🇬🇷🇮🇹
@@JOKISLAVMAPPERas a greek I would love to see that in work Brother.
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!
Very moving, greetings from Italy! For me every 29th of may is a mourning and sad day, and every time I go to Athens I pay my hommage to Saint Constantine in front of his statue in Cathedral square
If you go back at time what would you do and was in Constantinople
Love from french🇨🇵❤❤🇬🇷
He is one of the greatest emperors of the Greeks, few know his history!! His body was never found!! But he was written in history and remains a stronghold for the Greeks 🙏🏻🙏🏻☦️👑
You are wrong, he encountered Ottoman soldiers and was beheaded. His body was identified by his red shoes with golden eagles.
@@sinankurtulus4844 no one confirms that his body was found, where are the details? one says that he was lost, another that he is alive, another that he was beheaded! who has proof that he is telling the truth? where is his grave? or his mausoleum?
@@sinankurtulus4844get lost
@sinankurtulus4844 many survivors said he removed his royal bud
But he wasn’t Greek he was a Roman that spoke Greek , I’m an American who speaks English I have nothing in common with the UK they have their history and we ours
Tribute to the king 👑 May he rest in peace 🕊️ 🙏✝️
Emperor" calling a roman a king is the highest form of disrespect to them
King of kings
king of all the kings or a emperor, it's humiliation to call him this way
@@卓-g6k?
@christos_nt9682 do not...the republic hang kings.
No, "I am going to God my friend, It's my duty" brought an honorable tear to my eye. Ave Jesus Christ!
May his name last forever❤
It will be ☦️☝️
Constantinopole,Either i conquer you or you conquer me
- Mehmed the conqueror
sure
Kostandinoupoli 🇬🇷 respect from North Epirus 🇬🇷 and Albania🇦🇱
Remember, it was 100,000 (Ottomans) against 10,000 Greeks. Yet they still struggled to take Constantinople, on the 18th of April an estimate of 18,000 ottomans died due to the heavy resistance from the Greeks. Not only could they barely take Constantinople, during the occupation they failed to rewrite history of making themselves the inventors of science and geography. The Greek resistance still maintained for 400 years until 1821 when Greek independance happened!
It was even worse
Constantin barely managed to gather 7,500 soldiers while mehmed had around 200 000
@@David-pw9tc Didn't know that.
The Roman struggle for survival was absolutely crazy
Lol ottomans didnt force turk culture for greeks this is the reasson
@@viegoslayer3720 What are you talking about?
As an iranian, it hits hard. I will always pray to the men's who lost their lives to defend Constantinople. Respect to you brother. Jesus is king❤👑
Tebriz bakü Ankara
biz hara farklar hara
Lanet olsun İrana
Dont pray to the men my dear friend, only to the LORD Jesus. ❤✝️
We can only hope the shah is restored to Persia
@@jessestassi2155 praying means to ask someone to pray God for us, so we can pray saints
@andrew0.033 why ask someone to pray to the Father when you can do it yourself? We pray to the Father, In the name of Jesus, by the Spirit. ❤
Vizantia will rise again, Constantinopole will be liberated, trust in Good and our holy fathers
when will it happen? in another 600 years? none of the orthodoxy Christian countries have such power to defeat Turkey at war, which is a NATO country.
Last time it was occupied by Greek forces was after WW1 for a very short time
I wish nowdays Western Christians to have the balls this Brave Man had 💪🏻 all my admiration to Greek Orthodox Warriors ☦
he converted to Catholicism so…
@@RTGD851
He was desesperate for Help, i don't know if it was good or bad only God can judge but he tried everything he could to save the City against islam
@@gabrielmaldonado1903 🇻🇦🤝☦️
@@RTGD851BASED.✝️❤☦️
We need to fight to recover Constantinople and Alexandria back to it's owners
Love from Egypt
🇬🇷❤️🇪🇬
Iove to Egypt 🫶🏻 from Greece 🇬🇷
Alexandria back to Greece? That’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone think of actually losing territory for another weaker nation to actually be logical. I may be wrong though
Remember, if turks doesn't exists, you wouldn't exist. Them saved europe from biggest invasions.
They saved jerusalem, some holiest cities and africa
Turks are based!
I wish I could be with my ancestors defending and dying with them
Huge respect from Türkiye
One day we shall take it back by Gods grace ☝️☦️ Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇷
2025, Believe it
Ok we are waiting
Keep dreaming, i live in Istanbul
2025
@@Zelgah Don't console yourself with empty dreams. Istanbul is a Turkish city and will remain so forever.🇹🇷🇹🇷
Today, 571 years ago, Constantinople, the last bastion of the Roman Empire, would fall. It was the end of an era. They will always be in our memory.
Maybe Byzantine could have survived the eastern invasion if Europe had united and helped them. But instead, there was the catastrophe of the Fourth Crusade and the following 70 years of plundering and occupation which Constantinople and Byzantine never recovered from. So, the tragedy of 1453 was most likely unavoidable.
The Kingdom -Empire 👑 will be back, and what's more we Orthodox Christians will be Io glorify our beloved Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Church ✝️ of His Holy Wisdom
Long live Greece 🇬🇷 Long live the Greek military forces 🇬🇷✝️ Long live Crown 👑 Prince Pavlos of Greece, Long live the Greek Royal 👑 Family 👑 And above all Orthodoxy ✝️🌹 for ever and ever AMEN ✝️🌹🇬🇷✝️
Αμήν 🙏
FACE A CETTE DIVINITÉ COMPLIQUÉE ALLAH
VERMIN MONGOLIE ISLAMIQUE
AUX FOND DU GLOBE ISLAMIQUE
@@Isidore-hj4cm Yes, the 👑 Kingdom of the Most High, the 👑 Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ ✝️ bless His Name, will be glorified soon in the Holy Church of the Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia in Constantinople . The intruders will return to where they came from . Long live the Greek Speaking and Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire. ✝️✝️✝️
Hagia Sophia will always and forever be a church, “Istanbul” will always and forever be Constantinople..
It's a mosque now dear.millions of Muslims take part in jummah prayer every friday.and Constantinople!!!! 😁😁..It's Istanbul for almost 570 yrs..so relaxed..take a deep breath and have a sound sleep
@@kazisabidabdullahhabib5250 и че?
@@kazisabidabdullahhabib5250What do yoy mean its been istanbul for 700 years? It was recently changed from Constantinople to Istanbul just after aorld wae 1
@@Thecross0987 when mehmed 2 conquered Constantinople immediately he changed the name from Constantinople to istambul.he conquered the land in 1453...its almost 600 yrs now..Muslims are saying jummah prayers in hagia Sofia From last 3-4 years
@@kazisabidabdullahhabib5250the name was changed by Kemal Ataturk...the city was still known as constantinople till the First world war
Great respect from Sweden ✋🏻Emperor Constantine and his brave men was certainly welcomed into Valhall! 🥺🙏🏻⚔
shup up pagan barbarian
@@JstZeldablackie Should I remind you of the "axe bearing foreigners" (or the "varangian guard") as they were called, that stood until the very end with Konstantinos XI to protect the legacy of the Roman Empire? Or will you learn not to just hate on people?
@@ilgabbyano3831 what are you talking about? i'm talking to this norse barbarian
@@JstZeldablackie "Shup up pagan barbarian"
@@JstZeldablackie We are the favourites. Europe first
Courage and bravery of Constantine XI inherited by the Greeks 🇬🇷✝️🇧🇷
very inspirational video, thanks!
1:40 This scene alone gives me instant Goosebumps 😭☦
Many innocent women were raped because they were Christians
The city was set on fire
All were either converted or killed
Churches were burned or converted into mosques
Me too , his speach touch my soul
2: 32 i think it gave me the ability to rebuild the roman empire
I am Iranian and I know how evil Islam is. When the great Sassanid empire fell 1400 years ago, our misfortunes began. We fought the plague alongside our Christian and Greek brothers and we will fight again
islam is hate cult itself
You majoos
Μεγάλη Περσία.
Wrong, Sassanid Empire mostly fought Byzantines. Also, Islam is not evil, evil is inside your corrupted hearts.
Much respect for you
Rome was the peak of humanity. It can never be replaced.
The real spartanss🙏🇬🇷
Tried to save. But ded
Here's an english translation of the theme song:
You'll come as a lightning
There will be a celebration across the country
Sea, land and sky, within your Light
I'll dress up in white
To touch (feel) you again
You Light, me Heart, oh how I love you
King of the kings, help the King
Mercy, mercy, heavenly God
Constantine Dragatsis Palaiolgos, by God's virtue Emperor of the Romans
At the gate of Saint Roman, riding his white horse
Four Betas (Βασιλεύς Βασιλέων Βασιλεί Βοήθει meaning King of the Kings (Christ) help the King (Constantine)), mercy, mercy, Marmaras, Vosporus and Black Tuesday (Tuesday was the day Constantinople fell)
Be horrified Sun, sigh oh Earth, Polis (Polis is how the Greeks were refering to Constantinople) has fallen, Polis has fallen
Reigning (refers to Constantinople as the Reining City), golden gate and the Porfirogennitos (a nickname for the Roman Emperors) at the Kokkini Milia (a legendary/mythical place according to the greek traditions, meaning that the Emperor is there now)
Polis was the Sword, Polis was the flagpole, Polis was the key for all of the Romania (The Byzantine Empire)
Be soothed oh Despoina (Name for the Mother of Christ) and do not weep, again in time, all these will be yours again...
At the Roman's Gate, you left us for somewhere else
And Angel shall bring you back again
When the time is right (adressing the Roman Emperor. According to the myth, the Emperor is not dead but he's marbled, waiting for the time to return and free Constantinople from the Ottoman rule)
Inside Hagia Sophia, we'll find ourselves again
A future Liturgy, all the Hellennes (Greeks) toghether..
Constantine Dragatsis Palaiologos.
What is the chant's name
@@BlakeLandrum-yg4cb search "Θα έρθεις σαν αστραπή"
No emperor shall outlive his empire and he shall die with it.
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari.
Truly epic.
Like a real man and a real ruler Constantine XI died fighting. Rest in peace Emperor.
Ρωμανία 🇬🇷🇬🇷☦️☦️
Último imperador que defendeu o legado romano . Ave cesar ⚔️🦅🏹🛡🏛👍
One day we shall take it back by Gods grace ☝️☦️
“Be not afraid! We are privileged to defend this city!” 🥺🤍
Where's grik god now?
And after 400 years some random greek prisoners go crazy and stand up to save the homeland😢 this is just.. greece is just idk its magic
Long Live Eastern Roman Empire! ❤️🧡❤️
From Russia! 🇷🇺❤️🇬🇷
it's already fell
@@shahjehanyusuf5812It's in our hearts.
Θα μείνει στην ιστορία ως ένας ήρωας, ήξερε πως ήταν βέβαιος θάνατος αλλά αντιστάθηκε και δεν ντροπιασε το Ελληνικό Γένος
Να εισαι καλα αδερφε ο Θεος μαζι σου εχω δει και τα αλλα βιντεο σου 10αρια ολα μπραβο συνεχησε την καλη δουλεια 🇬🇷🇬🇷
NI OUBLIE.RIEN
Y COMPRIS LE.BATACLAN LES.NOTRES NOS MILLIONS DE NOS COUSINE COUSIN MY HÉRITAGE ADN CONEXION NOS RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL DE.NOS.PARENTS ANCÊTRES RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES 2000.ANS.PLUS NOTRE.CONTINENTS D'OCCIDENTS RÉINCARNATION GÉNÉRATION XX.ANS NATALITÉ RÉINCARNATION GÉNÉRATION NOSTRADAMUS JEAN RASPAIL MOISE NOS.PROPHETE NOTRE MONDE OCCIDENTALE NOS DRAPEAUX NOS.VENTRE NOS.SOEUR DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS
PAS.DE.PITER RECONQUÊTE ZEMOUR OU CREVER
OU EST LE LIONS EN.VOUS MES FRERES TEMPLIAR MES.SOEUR TEMPLIAR NOS RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES SUPRÉMATIE DEPUIS LE MOYEN ÂGE ÉTERNEL RECOMENCEMENT NOTRE.CONTINENTS D'OCCIDENTS NOS ZIVILISATION ALEMAND DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT L'ODYSSÉE L'OCCIDENT PROTECT L'OCÉAN ATLANTIQUE MONDO WHITESSSSS TEMPLIAR ECT...NOS.DIEUX NOS ZIVILISATION DE.NOTRE.CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT NAISSANCE NOS MOTHER NOS.SOEUR D'OCCIDENTS MÉDIÉVAL DEPUIS LA NUIT DES TEMPS NOS.FRONTIERE NOS ARME NUCLÉAIRE NOS FRONTIÈRES NOS.DRAPEAUX
YWWH VS ALLAHU
ON.NA.NOS.PROPHETE NOS.DIEUX MONDO OCCIDENTALE PROTECT NOS.SOEUR NOS VENTRES DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL VENGEUR ET GÉNOCIDE NOS FRONTIÈRES NOS DROIT DU SOL TRES MAJORITAIRE PARTOUT DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS DANS.NOS.VILLES NOS VILLAGES NOS CAMPAGNES NOS NATIONALITÉ NOS COUTUME DEPUIS NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL MONDO OCCIDENTALE TOLKIEN NOS FOYER DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS PROTECT VOS FOYER VOS DRAPEAUX DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL CHARLES MARTEL RICHARD LION BYZANTIN CONSTANTIN ISIDORE ALEXANDRE NOS ÉLITE EXTREME DROITE MILENAIRES A HITLER A MAINTENANT CONEXION MY HÉRITAGE ADN NOS.SOEUR OCCIDENTALE NOS PURIFICATION ET AUCUN NE.SERA MÉTISSÉ
ENLEVER LA CAPOTE ET FAITE PLEIN.DEMILLE BEAUTÉ FORCE RICHESSE SS DE RACES BLANCHES HUMANOÏDES SUPRÉMATIE
NOS.DRAPEAUX RECONQUÊTE ZEMOUR OU CREVER
The tears fell from my eyes..Rest well , my emperor. You died a true roman..
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!
@user-eu3hz3dw5b Do you even know history? They are ethnically greek but their identity is Roman. There was no such thing as Byzantine Empire. It was the Roman Empire.
@@GeorgeAlexopoulos-o7w Byzantine Empire?
ROMA Empire
@@xinglanclever😂
@@xinglancleverRoman ended in the 300 aC
Eastern Rome you should say
If modern politinans were in the same situation they would have left Europe before the siege began.
Long live the Emperor of the Romans and Greeks l!
Zelensky had a similar outlook “I don’t need a ride, I need ammunition”. There are still people who refuse to abandon their country when their country needs them.
@@colonelcorn9500нашёл кого сравнить 😂
And so, another Roman Capital, in the Heart of the Hellenic World, fell to another group of savage barbarians.
Basileus Konstantinos was not just a Roman, he was a Spartan born, he honored not only his ancestors but the previous Emperors who reigned over this majestic city
29th of May, a time to honour the martyrs.
This video, compilation was one of the most Epic ones about the Byzantine Empire, also called (by me) the Greco-Roman Empire but to the citizens: Autokratoria Rhomaia (Empire of the Romans) the Eastern Roman Empire. A real ornament to human civilization, rest in peace
What you on about bro if Turks are barbarians I'll start calling every fucking country barbarians except the western countries France Italy and Spain
mad?
Barbar "türkler olmasa şuan İstanbul şehri bir hiçti fatih sultan mehmed ve onun soyundan gelenler İstanbulu dünyanın en güzel kentlerinden biri haline getirdi kazanılan vergiden çok daha fazlası şehrin tamirine ayrıldı ve şuan yunanistan nüfusunun 2 katı olarak varlığını sürdürüyor Erdoğana rağmen hala dünyanın en güzel şehirlerinden birisi ağlayabilirsiniz ama türkler İstanbula sizden çok daha fazla değer verdi
don't cry bastard
@@Ege-ip7xiDoes that take away from the fact that they were barbarians until approximately the 10th century? Barbari
All the odds were against him yet he still fought valiantly and as a warrior he will be remembered by many.
Glory to the great Byzantine empire ✝️🇧🇷🇬🇷
*roman... roman...✝
GLORY TO JESUS THE CHRIST!
Roman empire**
𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖚𝖘 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖕𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖉
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!@@potassium1311
This is the greatest edit of all time I love this.
One of the greatest man in history! He must be canonised by Orthodox, Catholic and all other Christian churches one day.
☦️🇺🇦♥️🇬🇷☦️
Love to our orthodox greek brothers from sakartvelo 🇬🇪💖🇬🇷
🇬🇪❤🇬🇷
Tornike Eristavi 🇬🇷❤️🇬🇪
Πάλι με χρόνια, με καιρούς, πάλι δικά μας θα ´ναι.
Θέλημα Θεού 🇬🇷☦️🇨🇾
Both Mehmed II and Constantine XI deserves huge respect because of their determination for the holy city of Constantinople
I'm Turkish but I respect this man. Even though he was our enemy, he fought like lions and died while defending his beloved city. May his soul rest in peace.
I will visit The City twice in my life and once will be for tourism.
I love you cousin. Christians love.
Deus Vult 🇬🇷☦️🦅
@@Kain_36 And the second time what will it be for?
@ Repatriation.
@@Kain_36 😆
@@Kain_36 It is unlikely. However, I haven't visited Athens yet either.
My second time visit to Athens is likely credible than yours. 🤗
What a video! Subscribed.
Constantinople will return to Christendom✝️☦️
İn ur dream :)
@@musabartuk2878wrote in Berlin
Turks stop being bastards, CONSTANTINOPLE belonged in Greeks and it still belongs,do you know why? Because the light of JESUS CHRIST is blinding you every single day...We are the persons that we kept scourge of Islam far away from the Christian World,and we still do!!!!LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!!! LONG LIVE TO GREECE AND THE MIGHTY BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!❤❤❤☦️☦️☦️☦️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
@@musabartuk2878
Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kosovo, Serbia, Iberia, Israel, etc.. were also once someone's dreams
@@ultron3693 Bro comparing 8 country to 21 💀🏴☠️
Respect to Constantine XI and who fought bravely, from Türkiye. Komşu!
neyine saygı duyacaksın adamlar istanbulu geri alıcaz vs. yazıyorlar yorumda, bu küffarların hepsi ebediyete kadar düşmanımızdır
Our most honorable enemy. As a Turk, I can say this clearly. Tribute to the emperor.
TURKS: 💪🗿, GREEK: 💪🗿
🇬🇷🇹🇷= 💪🏻
turk? more like greeks speaking barbarian language
Prejudice, and racist much?@@JstZeldablackie
@@CasualKrieger thanks
Το Βυζάντιο δεν πεθαίνει ποτέ
Ζητώ ο Παλεολόγος 🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷
Το Βυζάντιο είναι κατασκεύασμα των δυτικών
Δεν υπάρχει Βυζάντιο, μόνο ρωμαϊκή αυτοκρατορία
Είμαστε απόγονοι Ρωμαίων
He was Catholic
@@olekcholewa8171 Nope ,Greek was orthodox
Παλαιολογος
@@Rudy_gantengbanget Constantine XI was Catholic, learn history.
He died like a true Roman
Это прекрасно, что мы все, несмотря на наши нации и религии думаем о Римской империи
Константин жил и умер как римлянин
Still fantastic hello from Athens Greece.
The music is fire 🔥🔥🔥☦️☦️☦️
FIRE SS DEPUIS LA.NUIT DES TEMPS XX ANS NOS RACES WHITES BEAUTÉ FORCE RICHESSE TEMPLIAR KNIGHT HUMANOÏDES PENIS XX ANS
NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL NOS NATIONALITÉ DEPUIS LA NUIT DES TEMPS NOS EMPIRE CHEVALERIE CAVELERIE XX ANS NATALITÉ RÉINCARNATION UNIFIER DE NOTRE DAME DE NOTRE CONTINENT D'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL EN UNE BANIERE SS
As a Muslim and a fan of sultan Mehmed 2, I give respect to emperor Constantine XI Dragas Paleologos,He was also a great leader like sultan Mehmed Al Fatih, as the last leader of the great Roman empire, which lasted more than 2000 years He carried out his duties well, and chose to die with his people and empire
✝️🤝☪️
Thanks🙏🙏✝️💖☪️
Talking is cheap, jihad anyway
See below ,what type of duties he carried out and choose to die with his people and Empire
Fraudulent and peace breaker Mr.Constantine-XI : 1
However, Emperor Constantine’s diplomatic relations with Venice ( in Italy) were complicated by his aggressive actions toward the republic while despot of the Morea ( in Greece). Specifically, Constantine’s capture of Patras ( Greece), a port city in the Moreote northwest, irritated Venice ( catholic)and characterized the future emperor as a maverick. In the fifteenth century, the city of Patras was administered by its Latin archbishop, Pandolfo Malatesta, under the suzerainty of the Papacy. The Venetians briefly held possession of the city between 1408 and 1419, but sold the city to the Latin ruler of Epiros, Carlo II Tocco, who later placed the city under Rome’s protection. However, the Venetians still coveted Patras as a commercial center and conducted a brisk trade within the city. They also still viewed the city as a target for Venetian territorial expansion in the Morea, as Patras was located across the Corinthian Gulf from their base of Naupaktos.
However, after John VIII established his brother Constantine in the northwest Morea as despot, the port city was a prime target for him as well. The despot did not waste time attacking the city. Constantine moved against Patras in 1428, shortly after his arrival in the Morea. However, even with the aid of his brothers John and Thomas, the despot could not capture the city. He accepted instead an annual tribute of 500 gold coins from the city’s defenders. While the Venetians in Naupaktos were not pleased with this arrangement between Patras and Despot Constantine, it still allowed them to maintain their commercial ties to the city as before.
Constantine’s subsequent actions surprised Venetian observers. Almost immediately, he laid siege to the city once again, this time with a larger, more committed army. The despot actively engaged the defenders, barely escaping death during a skirmish when archers killed his horse from under him. After a brief but intense struggle, the defenders and the despot reached an agreement, since the bishop was traveling through Italy during Constantine’s sieges of Patras. If he did not return after a month, the defenders would surrender to Constantine and proclaim him their overlord. When the metropolitan did not return in the allotted time, Patras surrendered to Despot Constantine, although the city’s citadel, defended by men loyal to the bishop (including some
Venetians), did not surrender for another twelve months. Constantine’s occupation of Patras annoyed the Venetians and frustrated their plans for domination over the city. In addition, the Byzantine capture of Patras threatened the status of Venetian mercantile interests in the city, as the despot could force new taxes to finance his further Moreote campaigns. Despot Constantine’s actions against Patras would become important after his accession to the throne in 1449, as the military campaign established him as a maverick in Venetian eyes. Even twenty years later (1453), the Republic of Venice viewed Constantine as a threat to their possessions in Greece and throughout the Levant, and was reluctant to provide him with aid. "
Source:
Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453)
Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006
Author: Adam William Hellebuyck.
Page: 83,84
Fraudulent and peace breaker Constantine-XI : 2
"Since Byzantium was essentially a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottaman sultan often oversaw changes in leadership. When John VIII died on October 31, 1448 without an heir, his two brothers Constantine and Demetrios contested the Byzantine throne. While Demetrios, a fervent opponent of the west, had the support of the anti-Unionist faction in Constantinople, Constantine was significantly more popular both in the Morea and in Constantinople. In addition, he possessed the support of his mother, Empress Helena, which added overwhelming credibility to Constantine’s claim to the empire. However, since the Byzantines were technically vassals of the Ottoman sultan,
Constantine agreed to submit the Byzantine succession to Murad-II ( Ottaman sultan at that time) for arbitration. Such an act of deference was extremely uncharacteristic of Constantine, especially because of his previous actions toward the Ottomans.
On December 6, 1448, George Sphrantzes ( one of the chief advisor) led an embassy to Murad’s court, and Constantine was chosen as the Byzantine emperor.
The new emperor hoped that his deference to Ottoman authority would help pacify the sultan while he deliberated on ways to combat the Turks. Once Sphrantzes returned from his embassy, the emperor sent Murad lavish gifts to commemorate a new period of peace between them.
Through this episode, Constantine showed false obsequiousness toward Murad-II in order to mask his true anti-Turkish sentiments. This was shown through his
attacks in Greece during and after the Crusade of Varna.
( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453)
Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006
Author: Adam William Hellebuyck.
Page:41,42 )
"Emperor Constantine XI’s actions toward the Turks while despot of the Morea (from 1443 to 1448) show that he preferred to take decisive, aggressive action against the Ottomans, and that his acts of deference were merely a stalling tactic. The emperor, while ruling southern Greece, was clearly anti-Turkish in his views and policies. Constantine’s earliest actions against the Ottomans coincided with the Crusade of Varna, launched from Hungary in 1444. The Byzantines learned of the crusade in 1443, when John VIII went on a hunting expedition with the Italian traveler Cyriacus of Ancona.The Greeks thought of the crusade in two ways. First, they believed that if the Hungarians could fight their way to Constantinople, the city’s immediate encirclement would be relieved. They could then concentrate on re-conquering Thrace from the weakened Turks. Second, the
Greeks of the Morea, Constantine included, counted upon the crusade to provide a
necessary distraction so that they could reoccupy portions of central Greece.The despot used the distraction that the Western crusaders provided to conquer
several cities and towns from the Turks in Attica and Thessaly. The chronicler Doukas
explains that Constantine “foresaw the total destruction of the Turks” during his campaign throughout late 1444 and 1445. While the despot ( Constantine-XI) made considerable gains early in the campaign, once the crusaders were defeated at Varna, the sultan could focus his attention upon the Greeks. Despite overwhelming numbers of Turkish troops, Constantine refused to return control of the conquered territories to Sultan Murad II. Instead, he prepared for battle at the newly refortified Hexamilion wall across the Isthmus of Corinth. The Byzantines of the Morea also placed more emphasis upon exploiting human weaknesses in siege warfare than upon technological advantage, since they did not possess the financial resources necessary to outpace the Ottomans in military technology. Therefore, the isthmus walls were built in a medieval fashion, and did not possess any defensive artillery to discourage an Ottoman assault. Constantine misjudged the quality of his fortifications, as Murad, using gunpowder artillery, smashed through
them and routed the defenders. The Turks took over 60,000 prisoners, and Constantine barely escaped with his life. This episode shows Constantine’s tendency toward rash, aggressive actions against the Ottoman Turks even before his accession to the Byzantine throne.
( Thesis: Foreign relations and the end of byzantium - the use of personal diplomacy during the reign of Constantine-XI Palaiologs. (1448-1453)
Thesis submitted in University of Michigan on 2006
Author: Adam William Hellebuyck.
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The Last Stand of Rome was the greatest last stand in history, For over 2000 years the Empire held and fought...But as sadly enough has become fact...Nothing lasts forever, They were true Sons of Rome
He is NOT Roman!!!! He iS GREEK, GREEK-speaking, GREEK ORTHODOX, GREEK!!!! Learn REAL HISTORY!!!! (not the FILTHY Anti-Greek BIASED version!!!!) And the Empire is the GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE!!!!
I wish I was able to speak greek to understand and enjoy that song more than I do now 🥺
Where are you from?
There is a version with engish subtitles, search for 'you will come as lightning by ingen'
@@georgekiosses7025I'm from France
@@muditspositionYeah I found one afterwards, I was curious to see what were the lyrics, enventhough I wanted to learn a bit of greek before in order to, at least, recongnize words by mysellf :)
W FOR THAT EMPEROR! BRO FALL WITH HIS BELOVED EMPIRE, THATS THE TRUE WARRIOR!
amazing edit probably my fav edit oat
Bro the Ottoman documentary about the war on wallachia and the fall of constantinople was fire bro. that shit was both a whole ass movie and documentary
name?
ALL HAIL!✊✊✊ 🇬🇷☦️✝️🇪🇦✊✊✊✊
Eternal glory to Constantine XI, the last of the Romans. Rest in peace Emperor.
We forever mourn the death of the great eastern Roman Empire. Hatred for the Turks for 1453 and Western Europe for 1204!
Hagia Sophia is not a mosque. Never truly has been a mosque. Its a church. A church for the one true Gos! Long live Christianity!
that building is older than Islam itself too lol
Conatantin will return to take the city once more 🙏🏼☦️
İstanbul !
@@Ybntysit Konstantinopolis
@@Ybntysitestanbul (u polis) greece 🇬🇷
@@Unknown-bt5rdislampole☪️🕌
@@maromare664 stay mad, too bad that it's city walls still have christian carvings on them 😂🤣 ICXC NIKA
As a muslim i admit huge respect to Emperor Constantine Xi for his bravery. To be honest we can't see great emperor like him.
HE Choses you 😉☦️
Even though i am a turk, i will pay respect to Constantine and his people for fighting that war to the last, for their belives and ancestors, even when they knew all hope was lost.
Respect and love from Romania❤🇷🇴
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This video is simply amazing. It presents Constantine XI in a simply true and great matter. The endurance and resilience of the Roman forces at Constantinople was great even though they were outnumbered 10 to 1. The end of Rome in 1453 is a truly poetic end to a 2000-year-old empire. Often times a leader stays away from the combat and the chance of defeat, such as when the Ottomans besieged Vienna the Sultan left to take no blame, Constantine the XI did the exact opposite, instead of leaving to survive he decided if the city were to fall he would, and dropped the most poetic last words of "The city has fallen and I'm still alive? truly showing the greatness of the last roman emperor. Rome showed glory from its start to the very last Months, days and even minutes. The great empire of Rome has fallen, and it will rise once again.
might I ask what movie/TV show/documentary is shown in this great video?
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻..🦅🙏🏻… gli imperatori romani sono nella storia.. immortali .. di quelli ottomani non c’è memoria.. Roma Invicta..Roma Aeterna ..🦅✝️☦️
Saddest day in history
Византия будет восстановлена!🇷🇺❤🇬🇷
Даже если так будет по воле Бога,ту Империю уже не вернуть...
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Düzeltme : İstanbul :)@bryanvillafuerte765
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Third Rome 🇬🇷❤🇷🇺
Here, in Gaul, we resisted for much less time. Roma Aeterna, long live the last Emperor, Constantine the Eleventh.
ON NA AUSSI NOTRE ADN EXTRATERRESTRE NOS DIEUX EXTRATERRESTRE DU CHRISTIANISMES LE PREMIER TESTAMENT MOISE NOS PROPHETE NOSTRADAMUS JEAN RASPAIL ON EST SUPÉRIEUR A LEURS DIVINITÉ ISLAMIQUE ET LEURS LANGUES ARABE NOIR D'ORIGINE LEURS NATIONALITÉ CLANDESTINS QUI SONT PLUS CHEZ EUX DANS LEURS MONDE ARABE NOIR ISLAMIQUE
Long live the last emperor, Constantine the Eleventh for backstabing Latins and Muslims
They have the audacity to claim that they(🇹🇷) are the true successors of Rome.
It’s clearly Yemen bro
L'Impero Ottomano è l'Impero Ottomano e l'Impero Romano è L'Impero Romano.
You mf, go outside
@@Sabatonfan911Nah bro is Luxembourg
@@jimmy6839 c’mon man we all know it’s ulm
FOR THE EMPEROR! ✝️☦️🇬🇷🔥🔥🔥🦅🦅🦅
this brought me to tears. i love this. and I'm not even a christian
Rome, 753 BC - 1453 AD
That 2,206 years. Incredible. May it rise again one day. ✝️☦️
I have a question. Why do moscow dont protected Constantinople. If russia would have done this Constantinople would never fall experts have sayed
@@orangecobraEUthey wanted to steal Rome title
@@orangecobraEU Depends on what time you talk about. Russia and the Ottomans had many wars going back and forth for territory. Russia became strong enough to completely destroy the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century and onwards but the British and French Empire protected the Ottomans in the name of "balance". Look up the crimean war. It was treason against Christianity and Europe in my opinion.
@@orangecobraEUРоссия как государство тогда была ещё не централизована, к тому же пусть к 1453 году с оговорками, но под Игом монгольских варваров