Constantine had three choices in 1453: 1. Make a deal with Mehmed and give him Constantinople, placing him at the mercy of a remarkably mercurial and cruel man. 2. Flee to the West and live in exile, probably dying as a pauper as his nephew did. 3. Stand, fight and die. That he chose the latter option makes him a hero. He should be a household name in the West, but he is instead almost unknown outside of circles like this. Keep his name alive, tell his story and never forget the name of the last Emperor.
"God forbid me be an emperor without an empire, if my city falls I fall with it" -Constantine IX Dragatzis Palaeologos
The last Roman died with his empire
The last Sultan fled secretly
A few people laughed
A few people cried
Most didn't say a thing 😢
The last of the Romans 😢
True 😢😢😢
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Constantine had three choices in 1453:
1. Make a deal with Mehmed and give him Constantinople, placing him at the mercy of a remarkably mercurial and cruel man.
2. Flee to the West and live in exile, probably dying as a pauper as his nephew did.
3. Stand, fight and die.
That he chose the latter option makes him a hero. He should be a household name in the West, but he is instead almost unknown outside of circles like this. Keep his name alive, tell his story and never forget the name of the last Emperor.
West will fall against East, and Rome will rise again. There is no 4 Rome, but why we cant talk about second?
Joshua Graham as the narrator? Based!
Top 10 moments that men cried 😂
The last of the Chads 😅