You should really learn how to use minuscules.

Stunning music, and a great commemoration to those who defended the Eastern Roman Empire from the Turks. I give this a five. Every other illiterate f*ck will downvote it, though.

Although historically this subject interests me, as a YTMND it sucks ass.

+1

I agree 100% with BingBang. May Orthodox Christianity live forever!

Roman Catholocism > All

Orthodox Christianity the religion of the Byzantines>all especially catholocism.

Five for history.

Great quote, too.

Music is from the game medieval II total war

Another reason to five this site.

So are those all turks outside the castle?

religion is wrong unless its scientology also shintoism

THOSE ARE THE 250,000 STRONG ARMY OF THE OTTOMAN SULTAN MEHMED II OUTSIDE THE BATTLEMENTS OF CONSTANTINOPLE ON TUESDAY MAY 29TH 1453 AS THE LAST 6000 SOLDIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE FOUGHT TO THE END IN A BLOODY BLAZE OF GLORY.

Wait, wasn't Constantinople a part of the Byzantine Empire at that time?

WELL YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE TERM "BYZANTINE EMPIRE" WAS INVENTED BY AN 18TH CENTURY HISTORIAN AND THAT THE EMPIRE AND ALL OF IT'S CONTEMPORARIES REFERRED TO IT AS "THE ROMAN EMPIRE" UNTIL IT'S DESTRUCTION IN 1453 SINCE THE LINE OF EMPERORS WAS UNINTERRUPED FROM CONSTANTINE I TO CONSTANTINE XI AND THE LEGAL AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF ROME PERSISTED THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE "BYZANTINE" EMPIRE (WELL EXCEPT LATIN ?:()

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You probably just looked it up on wikipedia to impress us.

I knew that. And if you look at a map from the short period of time when Papal Crusaders conquered the Roman aka Byzantine Empire they call it the Latin Empire.

I like you.

so, this was after the crusaders sacked it for no reason?

OMFG I