Greetings all,
On this day we reflect with sadness on the Latin crusaders taking the last parts of Constantinople on April 13th in 1204 AD:
They had breached the seaward walls at the
Golden Horn the day before. Once they were inside the walls it was
impossible to hold them from capturing the remainder of the city. This
temporarily ended Byzantine rule in the city
for the next half century.
In the wake of this event the Byzantines established the Despotate of Epirus, the Empire of Nicea, and the Empire of Trebizond which lasted until 1479, 1264, and 1461 respectively.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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