Wednesday, July 17, 2024

 

Greetings all,
 
Today we commemorate with sadness the fall of Constantinople to Latin forces during the Fourth Crusade on July 17th in 1203 AD:
 

 
The Byzantines held off a determined attack on the land walls, but the Venetians managed to eventually take a section of 25 towers on the sea walls. The Byzantine Empire was subsequently continued by the Despotate of Epirus, the Empire of Nicea, and the Empire of Trebizond until the recapture of Constantinople in 1261 AD.
 
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
 
 

 

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