After fighting off invaders for nearly 1,000 years, Constantinople finally fell because someone accidentally left a gate open.
Before it was ever known as Istanbul, and after it was known as Byzantium, a Greek settlement in Anatolia, Constantinople was one of the most influential cities of the ancient world. Located on the border...
When Justinian encouraged Empress Theodora to flee the palace with him during the Nika riots, her reply was utterly chilling.
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