Five different sets of walls have been built around the city of Constantinople, the most important of which was the last, built under the reign of Theodosius II, who came to power in 408 AD. Also ...
The room beneath the was previously uncovered in the 1960s during road construction but have since been covered up again.
On May 29, 1453 the walls of Constantinople had stood unbreached for more than a thousand years.  Yet on that day, the army of Sultan Mehmed II ...
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