Conquest and Fall of Constantinople - Part 13 - Fourth Crusade: The Fall of the Empire

The Fourth Crusade reaches its climax as Crusader and Byzantine relations hit an impasse. Led by the Venetians, Constantinople comes under attack. The aftermath of this conflict will forever change the fortunes of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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[@FlashPointHx]

Well lovely people - this brings the fourth crusade to a close! Please Share on social media and leave me some comments. I'll create from compilation videos for April of the Fourth Crusade and of Parts 6 -13. The big question going forward - Reconquista or Constantinople? I'll post a poll in just a bit. In the mean time enjoy!!

[@ShyFly1000]

Receonquista. But do a poll on KZbin and I’m sure there will be some good conversation.

[@bear499]

This is a tough one. I really would like to return and finish off the Reconquista, but I'm enjoying Constantinople so much. I may have to flip a coin on this one.

[@buckyohara1]

thank you!!!

[@buckyohara1]

Please finish it in 1453! :)

[@misterangel8486]

All good things come to a end..😢 Thank you a million for these series, it turned out to be way longer then any of us expected.😎❤️ have been waiting for each episode every damn time😂 so worth it🤣 Big applause 👏👏👏👏👏👏🍻👑 BTW I would personally love to see Reconquista finished but you are not going to hear me complain for a Pico second when you go Constantinople. 😉

[@99banskie]

MK1212 dev here, I see you're using the latest Byzantine units! Great work though, keep it up! 👍

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey, thanks! The guy I have making these anima for me has all the mods

[@99banskie]

@@FlashPointHx noice!

[@Embracehistoria]

@@99banskie I'm the guy lol, thank you for making the mods, the work you guys do is truly spectacular.

[@99banskie]

@@Embracehistoria we appreciate it! 😁

[@GreenMarkoulis13]

@@99banskie Any hint on when we may expect naval units? 😁

[@nicolaischartauandersen8796]

The Fourth Crusade needs to be a TV series: no heroes, only interesting villains, lots of intrigue, sex, wine and greedy soldiers in high masts. It's sort of 'Troy' meets Game of Thrones (only first 4 seasons!) - the internet demands it.

[@timgroothuis1217]

Amazing video and series, and especially the way you narate it makes it by far my favorite documentary series on KZbin. Thanks for all the effort you and your team put into this, it truly shows!

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow, thank you! Happy you liked it Tim!

[@mahelaniarektbb]

*freaks out over a new video* I love this guy. Every time he posts a new video in a series, I just go to the beginning of the series and start from the beginning. So, here I go!

[@FlashPointHx]

hahahah - that is a lot of time to hear me go on and on

[@SavvaSou]

Amazing as always. In re to reconquista or Constantinople, I choose Constantinople and I think it makes sense to continue with the history of this city at this point.

[@FlashPointHx]

Good to know - I'm debating where to go next

[@mattgrandich3977]

Holy crap, I love these videos! The nuance is incredible, few documentaries go over the nuances like you do!

[@FlashPointHx]

Appreciate that Matt!

[@bear499]

La Serenissima has always been my favorite medieval maritime republic and overall favorite medieval Italian city. This is definitely one of the darkest and most disgraceful episodes in Venetian history. And for Byzantium, this was in my opinion more of an undignified blow than the fall of the empire and the death/disappearance of Constantine XI. Once again, I must say your videos exceeds all expectations. Superb work.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you bear - yeah it was a massive blow. One that it Never recovered from

[@jong.7944]

There is some irony in the Venetian treachery. In the short term, Venice profited greatly from the sack of Constantinople. In the longer term, the deterioration of Byzantium's position in the East probably accelerated the Age of Discovery and certainly resulted in no less than 10 future wars between Venice and the Turks (almost all of them lost by Venice, at increasing cost) as they took Byzantium's place as the prime target for Islamic expansion.

[@bear499]

@@jong.7944 Well said.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@jong.7944 The city on the Bosphous was the shield to the east. I believe the Ottomans would later call it the bone in the throat of allah. Once that was gone, Europe suffered the onslaught of the Ottomans

[@yavyav2281]

This was hard to hear but the story isnt finished yet ! The incredible resilience of the romans has one last bounce to perform !

[@FlashPointHx]

It goes out with a bang!!

[@KHK001]

Great! was waiting for this thanks FPH!

[@FlashPointHx]

Any time! Appreciate your help in this too

[@albuso1974]

Please continue. Superb work! PS the horses on San Marco's facade are copies placed in the eighties. The original are still in Venice but indoor to be protected. Napoleon stole the horses and had them placed on top of the arc of triumph near the Louvre in Paris. They were returned to Venice after 1815. If it is true that they date back to IV century BC or even earlier, imagine how many things they could tell if they talked.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much ! Yeah they are on this nice display - but it sounds more dramatic as a trophy of war. =)

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

O Stavros Nika!

[@t95kush27]

I wanna see a History Time/Flash Point History Collab... would be quite literally epic and amazing.

[@FlashPointHx]

I know the guy - he's really nice. His work is amazing

[@bkprimo1]

Me too! That would be a dream matchup!

[@bkprimo1]

Huge fan of Historymarche too! You both have amazing detail, great artwork and compelling narration. A collaboration between the two channels would also be epic!

[@MohammedAasimFlims]

Been waiting for days

[@FlashPointHx]

Yeah this took me a while to make - think sub consciously I didn't want to finish it

[@wyattbenson8516]

Literally made me tear up at the end.

[@FlashPointHx]

I’m so happy you liked my video so much - yeah destruction of the eastern empire by Christian’s was a major blow

[@azovianace]

Ending the series named "the conquest of constantinople" without explaining the conquest of constantinople would be weird.

[@timperl746]

Highly gripping stuff, cheers

[@Darth_Enigma]

That final quote really hit it home like you wouldn't believe. Imagine going to the store to buy some cake mix with the intention of making a birthday cake for your kid, next thing you know you're being crowned king in a foreign country after almost burning down it's capital city. Maybe you shoulda skipped that last glass of vodka...

[@FlashPointHx]

That would be the ultimate 'Hangover' Movie - or at least a 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. Wake up with a major hangover in a foreign land with a city burning all around you - its people slaughtered or fleeing. Crusaders looting like barbarians and Venetians being lead by a blind old dude as you're being crowned Emperor.

[@StupidFace-kx3ck]

Awesome work 👏

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@GodmyX]

The inclusion of Danheim music warmed my heart! 🙂 That was awesome! I hope there will be a continuation. Great job!

[@FlashPointHx]

Really like his music - and he was kind enough to let me use it

[@vangelisskia214]

"With the collapse of the empire in the west, its eastern counterpart became, in reality, an entirely new and independent state, at once Greek by language and Roman in name: 'A Greek Roman empire'." Roderick Beaton, "The Greeks: a global history", New York: Basic books 2021, pp. 212

[@FlashPointHx]

The Eastern Empire was the Legacy of Rome

[@vangelisskia214]

@@FlashPointHx "We, the descendants of the HELLENES AND of the ROMANS." Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos May 28th 1453 George Sprantzes - The Fall of the Byzantine Empire 1453 primary source from the war. "Καὶ οὕτως λογίσθητε ὡς ἐπὶ ἀγρίων χοίρων καὶ πληθὺν κυνήγιον, ἵνα γνώσωσιν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ὅτι οὐ μετὰ ἀλόγων ζῴων ὡς αὐτοί, παράταξιν ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ κυρίων καὶ αὐθεντῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπογόνων ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ." Ὁμιλία τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορα Κωνσταντίνου ΙΑ’ Παλαιολόγου πρὶν τὴν ἅλωση τῆς ΚωνσταντινουπόλεωςἈπὸ τὸ Χρονικὸν τοῦ Μεγάλου Λογοθέτη Γεωργίου Σφραντζῆ ἢ ΦραντζῆἘκδοθὲν ἐν Κερκύρᾳ ἔτει 1477

[@vangelisskia214]

@@FlashPointHx It was the legacy of both Rome (mostly politically and legally) and Greece (mostly culturally and linguistically)

[@vangelisskia214]

@@FlashPointHx "The Greek ideal that was revived in Byzantium surpassed the Roman ideal, which was left to the "Latins". a term that included without distinction the various peoples of western Europe who were treated as a compact set in opposition to the Greeks." "The Byzantine empire was clearly, despite its multinational dimension, a Greek empire while its neighbours considered it so, and whose unity was based on the power of authority, in the dominance of Orthodoxy and the use of Greek as the official language." Sylvain Gouguenheim, "La gloire des Grecs", 2017, pp. 72,73

[@vangelisskia214]

@Dani Al It was not Roman only in name as it was the legitimate legal and political continuation of the ancient Roman empire. "Real romans from the time of the republic would be offended" also for the Rome of the imperial period of let's say Trajan, as it evolved to something very different in comparison to the republican times. This is not a valid argument as everything evolves and doesn't stay the exact same forever. if you brought a Briton of the Victorian age (just 150 years back) in modern UK he most probably "would be offended" if you told him that's the same state he used to live in... But, as it usually happens it's not simply black and white. I do agree that the eastern Roman empire was much more Greek than Roman especially when it comes to culture, ethnicity and language. Until the 7th century AD (the end of late antiquity and beginning of the middle Byzantine period) one could say it was more Roman than Greek. But from then on it's much more Greek than Roman in most aspects. The "Byzantines" generally considered themselves as inheritors of both the ancient Greek and ancient Roman traditions and as the descendants of both. "In his »Comparison of the Old and the New Rome«, addressed to emperor Manuel II Palaiologos (1391-1425), Manuel Chrysoloras presented Rome as the mother and Constantinople as the daughter which was founded by the two most powerful and wise peoples of the world, the Romans and the Hellenes, who had come together there in order to create a city that would be able to rule over the whole world. In a sermon to the same emperor, he stated that the Rhomaioi were the offspring of the Romans and the Hellenes, thus being ENTITLED TO USE BOTH NAMES". Yannis Stouraitis, pp. 86-87, "Reinventing Roman Ethnicity in High and Late Medieval Byzantium" medieval worlds • No. 5 • 2017 • 70-94

[@ShahjahanMasood]

When I started to fluently speak English and be able to learn about history from English books, I had no idea that some crusades were fought against Christians, No less against Rome (we call Constantinople, Rome). I had been taught about the sack of Jerusalem during the first crusade so I knew what the Crusaders did to a city. It was just tragic.

[@FlashPointHx]

Completely agree

[@rosiehawtrey]

Albigensian Crusade is a good example of hateful godbothering.

[@sillypuppy5940]

The capture of Jerusalem by the British in late 1917 was described as being part of the Entente's crusade against the European Central Powers. Also Eisenhower wrote a book in 1948 called "Crusade in Europe" about the defeat of Germany. We just can't get away from that word.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@sillypuppy5940 Yeah thats right - In fact I remember a comic that appeared in the London Times with British soldiers marching into Jerusalem with a ghost of Richard looking on.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@rosiehawtrey Why fight the enemy in the Holy Land when you can fight them in your own back yard?

[@ozlemdalgic7062]

Greetings from Istanbul, Constantinople, Nova Roma or whatever you call it 🙂Thank you for this video 🤗

[@FlashPointHx]

You are so welcome

[@matthewperry5121]

Love all your work

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!!

[@Jesse-cw5pv]

Im really enjoying watching one of these a night before bed. Well done

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks! Guess there is enough here to last you almost two weeks =)

[@ikediz]

Another great vid. Way to stick the landing on the finale. Thank you sir!!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you - nicely said (sticking the landing) loved it

[@jamesashley9127]

SO. GOOD. IM STOKED AS ALWAYS TO ENJOY THIS BLISSFUL HALF HOUR. THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES AS ALWAYS.

[@FlashPointHx]

Happy that you liked it so much!

[@t95kush27]

LOVE IT!!!!! Keep up the amazing work !

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!!

[@youvebeengreeked]

*FIRST* Oh, great: time to cry. A lot.

[@FlashPointHx]

You nailed it!

[@vasyamilukov6383]

Your voice is back! Great news!☺

[@FlashPointHx]

Yay, thank you! I'm going to continue the collaboration with the History of Byzantium - but will definitely continue my own content as well. =)

[@ArminUlbrich]

Great work, I really enjoyed it! 👍

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!!

[@supermanhun]

Thanks for the video I really enjoyed this series

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much!!

[@calafiori]

Awesome

[@ciuyr2510]

Yes, please don`t stop My headphones get turned on every time you pop up

[@FlashPointHx]

Nice - its better with headphones no?

[@metaslan7955]

I realy like your works thx for your hard work

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much !

[@Fenniks-]

Perfect timing!

[@FlashPointHx]

Enjoy!

[@TheWolfPack87]

Gotta continue to the final fall of Constantinople!

[@prescott5328]

Brilliant

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@thefisherking78]

Every time I watch or read something about the 4th, I don't know whether to laugh or cry

[@FlashPointHx]

Perhaps a bit of both

[@kingmaverick3140]

We dragged you out of the mire and to the mire we shall return you !

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha - yeah, Now pay up!

[@hollowmstr]

Great job with the video. The 4th Crusade was a real tragedy, the sacking of Constantinople by the Venetians and Crusaders was horrible. But all of the intrigue, corruption, and nepotism in the Eastern Roman Court did not help things. This is why the Shogun kept the families of the Daimyo as hostages and the French court was always at Versailles with the King of France.

[@FlashPointHx]

The ERE had rotted away greatly since the time of the Komnenian restoration - surprising to hear that they lasted till 1453

[@yuribrito1504]

Great Video! The 4th Crusade was one of the most tragic events in human history! In my historical analysis, Europe and the West lost the most in 1204. Constantinople was the largest city on earth! It was not for nothing that Constantinople was called the "city of cities" ("Η πόλη των πόλεων"). Constantinople was like a "shield" (Ασπίδα) against the Muslim invasion of Europe via Anatolia. However, after the 4th Crusade, that "shield" was simply broken. Constantinople, in my own words, was the "shield of the west" ("Η ασπίδα/προστασία της φύσης"). By weakening Constantinople, the 4th Crusade contributed to the future expansion of the Ottoman Empire itself! Had it not been for the 4th Crusade, Constantinople would probably not fall in 1453. Ironically, the 4th Crusade contributed to the expansion of Islam. Doge Enrico Dandolo's Venice, on the other hand, was the greatest beneficiary of the 4th Crusade. In 1453, Mehmed II simply conquered a city already weakened by several invasions, wars and looting. Nevertheless, it is CRUCIAL to highlight that Pope Innocent III, the Pope who called for the 4th Crusade, had NOTHING to do with the sack of Constantinople. In fact, Innocent simply excommunicated all the soldiers and knights who took part of the sack. After all, the primary objective of the 4th Crusade was Egypt and Jerusalem, NOT Constantinople. Rome, therefore, had nothing to do with it. The 4th Crusade simply wiped out all the efforts made during the so-called Komnenian Restoration (1081-1180), which was carried out by the emperors Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), John II Komnenos (1118-1143) and Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180). The Komnenian Restoration was a real economic relief for the Byzantine Empire. The reigns of Alexios I Komnenos (Αλέξιος Κομνηνός), John II Komnenos (Ιωάννης Κομνηνός) and Manuel I Komnenos (Μανουήλ Κομνηνός), in my historical analysis, marked a true Byzantine "Renaissance" (especially from an economic perspective). However, the 4th Crusade simply ANNIHILATED all the economic and military prosperity of the Komnenian Restoration. In fact, ALL the emperors of the Palaiologos Dynasty, which was the last Byzantine dynasty (1261-1453), reigned and ruled over a completely bankrupt Constantinople; including, for example, Michael VIII Palaiologos (who recaptured Constantinople in 1261), Andronikos II Palaiologos, Andronikos III Palaiologos, Manuel II Palaiologos, John VIII Palaiologos (who tried to reconcile with Rome), and, of course, Constantine XI Palaiologos himself (who received the final blow). ALL the emperors of the Palaiologos Dynasty, therefore, faced serious economic and/or military problems because of the 4th Crusade. The destruction of the Byzantine Empire (Βασιλεία των Ρωμαίων), in my historical analysis, was completely decreed in 1204, not in 1453. The greatest beneficiary of the 4th Crusade, on the other hand, was obviously Venice (Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia); the "queen of the Adriatic" ("La Regina dell'Adriatico"), as I like to call it. Doge Enrico Dandolo was undoubtedly the greatest beneficiary of the partition of the Byzantine Empire (Partitio Terrarum Imperii Romaniae/Partitio regni Graeci). Furthermore, Enrico Dandolo even received the title of "lord of three-eighths of the Roman Empire" ("Dominus quartae partis et dimidiae totius Imperii Romaniae"). Moreover, Venice also seized Crete and the island of Euboea (Negroponte). The 4th Crusade, in my historical analysis, led to the apogee of Venice's economic and military glory throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, more precisely during the dogeships of Francesco Foscari (1423-1457), Pasquale Malipiero (1457-1462), Cristoforo Moro (1462-1471), Nicolò Tron (1471-1473), Nicolò Marcello (1473-1474), Pietro Mocenigo (1474-1478), Giovanni Mocenigo (1478-1485), Marco Barbarigo (1485-1486), Agostino Barbarigo (1486-1501) and Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521). The 4th Crusade, therefore, was a crucial watershed not only in Byzantine history, but it was also a watershed in Venetian history.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! Happy you liked this. Obviously you have a lot of insight into this. Take a look back at my prior videos - what you said is spot on .

[@TidusVen]

I agree. In the end Venice also fell as well, to Napoleon. How ironic.

[@jasonpalacios1363]

The 4th Crusade in 1204 not only brought the end to the ERE to protect the West but eventually brought the end in 1453 and European Colonization came from all this.

[@terrab1ter4]

*cough cough* uuuuuuh spoilers?

[@user-md8he1yo9r]

Please complete this series.

[@FlashPointHx]

You like it that much huh?

[@KnowHistory]

Another Solid Delivery!!! I wonder if you plan to do a history of venice series! I'd be a nice continuation since the 4th crusade was what catapulted venice to the global stage!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you my friend ! Couldn't of done it without you. Did you ever finish that Scotch?

[@KnowHistory]

@@FlashPointHx not yet! I'm drinking a bit here and there to relax, Im saving it for summer! hehe

[@samwisegamgee8318]

Just commenting to boost that algorithm!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you Sam!

[@craven1599]

Thank you!

[@FlashPointHx]

You're welcome!

[@DesertAres]

A great tragedy for certain. However today there almost nothing of Constantinople left in Istanbul. Even the great church of Hagia Sophia has gone from church to mosque to museum back to mosque. At least the statue of the 4 tetrarchs can be seen in Venice.

[@chrisadlc1]

That was great.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!!

[@simeonus1688]

Nice one 💪🏻

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks 🔥

[@laenorvelaryon5835]

I loved the interrogation mark at the end, because a lot of historians consider this point as the end of the byzantine empire. The palaeologos reign could be considered a successor state but not a restauration of the former empire, mainly because the ruling class is back to being orthodox. Great video as always. Any chance of continuing the history of Granada and the last chapter of al andalus?

[@FlashPointHx]

Happy that you liked this - yes the Reconquista is coming back! =)

[@voxelstein3680]

The story of the 4th Crusade and the fall of Constantinople to me sounds like this: You see an old and beautiful Villa that has seen better days but it's not beyond saving and in comes the band of thugs who say to each other ''Hey this place has not been trashed enough so let's trash it even more........like beyond saving''.

[@FlashPointHx]

Reminds me of those memes that go ' Here are leaflets for why we are bombing you. ' Or you see a B2 unloading a massive payload and it says "we are gonna free the @^%# out of you"

[@idunnomaam3863]

amazing work well done, where is part 14?

[@FlashPointHx]

Haven't made it yet - went back to finish my reconquista series

[@repica68]

Just got back from Istanbul. Your fantastic series inspired me to go there again see it from new perspective. It is a bit awkward though to use Strauss waltz as a music to accompany tragedy of Constantinople

[@FlashPointHx]

How was it? Fabulous city! As for Strauss - its all about seeing something from a new prospective no? ;)

[@rext87able]

Brilliant episode like always though i ponder what would be next after the crusades?

[@FlashPointHx]

Rise of the Ottomans ! After all, the 5th and 6th crusade were dismal - the Children's crusade was really bad

[@rext87able]

@@FlashPointHx uhhh fair looking forward to it. Lmao just imagine oing ottoman videos to the fall of the empire

[@ScipioAfricanus_Chris]

I go away for a year, only to come back and find that my prediction has come true: my buddy Flash Point has over 100K subscribers! Congrats brother!

[@FlashPointHx]

OMG - Chris! I've missed your comments and insight. Yeah passed 100k - Quarter mil is the next goal. I hope you've been well.

[@ScipioAfricanus_Chris]

@@FlashPointHx that's a great (and very achievable) goal. I've been well, but beyond busy, over the past year. I'm catching up on all of the videos I've missed -- currently on Atila the Hun. As channel plankowner, I'm impressed and proud of how much the channel has grown and all you've accomplished my friend.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@ScipioAfricanus_Chris Thank you! I feel like hitting that 100k was a true accomplishment. Even got a silver plaque in the mail! As always, appreciate you being a part of this.

[@ScipioAfricanus_Chris]

@@FlashPointHx it's been my pleasure and a true privilege.

[@dylanrunner2001]

When are you going to do the episodes on the Palaiologos dynasty and Mehmed II?

[@FlashPointHx]

I’m gonna finish up my age of discovery series and get back to this

[@gunterette]

Damn KZbin didn't notify me

[@FlashPointHx]

You're like the third person that had said this to me. Not sure what the deal is with YT notifications

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍...as always!!😁

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jasonpalacios1363]

Not only this event weakened the ERE in which it lead into its downfall in 1453 but this led to the Europeans doing colonization.

[@Mujangga]

Can't say I'm a fan of the throat-singing. Also, was that _The Blue Bosphoros_ by Ioannis Strouthokamelos II I heard at the beginning?

[@FlashPointHx]

Blue Danube by Strauss.

[@baggelis_aikaterinis]

ΕΑΛΩ Η ΠΟΛΙΣ !

[@cjclark1208]

Definition of Irony: 1204-4th Crusade. Officially Decreed by: Amused modern day skyscraper pleb.

[@FlashPointHx]

Skyscraper pleb - never heard that one before. =)

[@WFASPigeonGang]

One empire destroyed for not paying it's debts. I don't call it irony, i call it justice. Maybe a bloody one, but it's still justice.

[@kingmaverick3140]

Once again ( the video was great but the violence was horrible...

[@joehedley6964]

i do hope you will continue up to memmet 2nd ottoman conquest

[@FlashPointHx]

Definitely - but perhaps down the line a bit

[@joehedley6964]

@@FlashPointHx not too long i hope waiting with anticipation

[@steel4o]

I'd like to think that after the 1204 sacking, Bulgaria became the third Rome, having been on the ascent at that time. Kievan Rus was long dead and the Russian principalities fell victim to the Mongols less than 20 years after Constantinople. Bulgaria's capital fell in 1393 ( the country itself 1396 ot 1422, Vidim kingdom, Dobruja despotate) while in 1389 the first ever Russian Grand Duke was elected without Mongol approval, following Dmitry Donskoy and Moscow's rise, thus making Moscow the 4th Rome. Some consider it the current Rome, though if we want to get technical, it was sacked in 1571 by the Crimean tatars and Ottomans, captured in 1611 by the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and afterwards in 1812 by Napoleon, though ultimately Russia beat all those enemies to the ground, so who knows. History is fun and your channel is awesome dude. You are an inspiration :)

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks for the cool comment - I love when history is put into this prospective. Yeah the Bulgarians even considered themselves as Ceasars - happy you like the content!

[@steel4o]

@@FlashPointHx Just another fun thing to mention while on the topic : The first ever Tsar in history was Simeon the First (the Great) and he styled himself as a Tsar of Bulgarian and Romans. Then fast forward 1000 years and the last person in the world to ever hold the title is Simeon the 2nd, named after Simeon the First. Guy is still alive, even became a prime minister of Bulgaria in the early 2000s. Also, Boris the First, was the first unifier of Bulgaria introducing Christianity (855) and the Cyrillic alphabet (866) to Bulgaria. The last unifier in Bulgarian history was Boris the Third, who in the Second World war unified the country with the claimed lands in Vardar Macedonia, White-sea Greece and Dobruja. And get this, both Borises were the fathers of both Simeons. :)

[@FlashPointHx]

@@steel4o Interesting - I never knew this much about Bulgaria or Bulgarian history until I started doing this series - The Bulgarian people in the audience would always tell me bits of history like this. They are so proud of their history

[@jollyroger58]

Yeah baby, let's go😃😃

[@FlashPointHx]

Yes sir!

[@sillypuppy5940]

Apparently Theodore I was thinking of changing his name to Alexios VI in order to confuse future historians

[@FlashPointHx]

OMG - Do'H! My bad - Give me the time stamp on that one. I can fix it for the compilation video

[@user-jl8mp6lg4i]

Texture

[@vikka14]

“to be continued?” yes! we want to see constantinople turn istanbul!

[@FlashPointHx]

It refers to taking a break to go back and finish the reconquista

[@vikka14]

@@FlashPointHx yes,,, we also want that. by the way,, you are amazing and the work you are doing is incredible ❤️

[@FlashPointHx]

@@vikka14 Thank you so much Victoria!

[@GoogleUserOne]

Justinian eaa fantasric as i am sure this will be

[@theodorsebastian4272]

I supposed that this is the comeuppance of the bloody and greedy Roman empire.

[@FlashPointHx]

I love that line "they created a wasteland and called it peace"

[@doylekitchen9795]

The Byzantine Empire is one usurper after another for its entire history with a few genuine good dynasties (Komnenos) in between a host of bad. The Angeloi being the worst! Even Alexios Komnenos sacked Constantinople. He just didn't pack everything up and take it away like the Venetians.

[@serious460]

Hq videos man Byzantine history is interesting

[@FlashPointHx]

Boo yeah!

[@miroslavsmiljkovic7993]

Yes but some big holes. What did you with Serb Empire of Dushan? He never exist?...... Tsar Dushan who win all battles on Estern Roman empire and submitted the Bulgarians. And "Zara" is Zadar and it's serb toponym.....etc.

[@WFASPigeonGang]

Dandolo vult

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha. love it

[@craven1599]

Does anyone else keep thinkng of the bolt thrower album?

[@420darthbong]

I hear Danheim...

[@FlashPointHx]

Yup!

[@Matthew_080]

Please add English subtitles. It'd be very helpful for people who want subs.

[@FlashPointHx]

let me try

[@theletterw3875]

Would you consider reaching out to Farya Faraji for Balkans/Byzantine/Middle Eastern music? Would be super cool if the music fit the content. Great video as usual good sir

[@FlashPointHx]

I have - in fact he has created music for me. The thing is, that a lot of his music has vocals or high pitched music which would interrupt the flow of the spoken narrative

[@theletterw3875]

@@FlashPointHx would it not be possible to mess with the levels a bit on a song like "adventures of k. marko?" maybe turn down the treble side and make it quieter? Just throwing thoughts out there, you put so much time into your production value, it's not as though this is a need, just a cherry on top. Kudos sir 👌

[@theletterw3875]

@@FlashPointHx I'm just now seeing the video with special music, seems I've seen it before and didn't make the connection? Now I'm wondering if I found FF on autoplay *because* of your channel, my searches for Alevi Sufi music, or if you straight up introduced me to him and I forgot in a haze of too much pot? Can't be sure of anything in 2022. Anyway you probably deserve the credit my good sir

[@FlashPointHx]

@@theletterw3875 I loved his work - "Warriors of Asira" and used that in several of my videos. That was over a year ago. Its likely YT directed you to him from me ;)

[@monabil7576]

Lmaooo 3 emperors ran away in less than a year💀💀💀💀

[@FlashPointHx]

I had to add that little nugget. Found it fascinating as well

[@Marshal_Rock]

One of the saddest things to happen to the Romans and to civilazations.

[@FlashPointHx]

Agree

[@uisteanrobins3480]

It’s yoosurped not oosurped!!

[@FlashPointHx]

hahahah - I have many faults and pronunciation is one of them

[@kingmaverick3140]

Was really moved by the moral and energy of crusaders (:

[@winstonjames2583]

Dont dovahatty us...follow through. Take your time and complete it through to 1453

[@FlashPointHx]

I think I'll come back - need time to Read up on Ottoman history

[@winstonjames2583]

@@FlashPointHx you got 57 years of the latin empire....bulgarias last real reign of dominance... The palelogan restoration....the ill timed civil wars...the loss of asia minor...the Mongols...timur...venice n genoas roles in keepin the empire afloat...etc....in addition to the rise of the ottomans...itll be alot of work...might require more than one episode...but it is worth the effort...you and several of these historical youtubers are the baghdad and Alexandria of our times...and have sooo much potential for good...

[@powderedwiglouis1238]

Latin Empire FTW

[@FlashPointHx]

Yup!

[@dewd9327]

*Proceeds to lose Constantinople to 800 men who just walk in and take it.*

[@FlashPointHx]

@@dewd9327 hahaha - almost

[@powderedwiglouis1238]

@@dewd9327 yeah when the city was empty that's such a feat ! unlike the crusaders in 1204 who took it when it was fully garrisoned !

[@dewd9327]

@@powderedwiglouis1238 the city was hardly fully garrisoned in 1204, the varangian guard had just deserted after they found the treasury empty. Up until that point they had been handily suppressing the crusaders.

[@abutalhasiddique6287]

If this is the fate of a Christian city, I can't imagine the fate of a Muslims City. And this crusader destroyed the city because of which Europe become Christian.

[@DavidSaintloth]

Woohoo go religion of Christ!! Oh wait.

[@anacagic8237]

You've based these videos only on literature of the Fourth Crusade apologists, anti-Byzantine ones, especially when it comes to this period and event in particular. The previous one (part 12) was pure torment, out of the same reason precisely. Beautiful graphics, concealing loads of misleading information, to say the least.

[@FlashPointHx]

Well thats the thing about history - there is always two (if not more) sides to a story. Do you know of a video that tells the other side more accurately?

[@anacagic8237]

@@FlashPointHx Unfortunately, no, and the reason being the same. Great effort is put into creating the image of decadent and incompetent Romaioi/Byzantines, with Angeloi emperors dangerously simplified, as an excuse for this calamity, when the evildoers are obvious. The question is - why have you chosen this side and did not consult other bibliography? Or sources? I get this is just youtube-ing thing, but still it terribly distorts the perception of events.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@anacagic8237 Well my portrayal is not meant in any malicious way. I do the best with the resources I have. If you note, it takes me awhile to create a video as I do a lot of reading ahead of time. I bring in multiple resources from respected people.

[@kingezrareis6322]

First???

[@youvebeengreeked]

ALMOST. Soz.

[@FlashPointHx]

Almost =)

[@Decoffeee-ky4ch]

Mehmed II: April 6th - once this siege is over I’m going to be rich. Sure the latins stole loads in the 4th crusade, but I bet there’s still plenty of riches to be had. Mehmed II: 29th May - that was a complete waste of my fucking time!!!

[@FlashPointHx]

hahahaha

[@ericagos1601]

Constantinople still had symbolic power. By taking the city, the Ottomans controlled access from the Mediterranean to the Black sea. Mehmet II was a young sultan, wanting to prove himself, and what better way than to take the city that was the legacy of Greece and Rome? He may have not found an abundance of gold, but slaves and other spoils of war was significant. There was a cultural Renaissance during the last period, between 1261 when the Romans retook the city, and 1453 when it fell to the Ottomans. Despite the fact the "empire" was bankrupt and had enemies closing in. The Deeis mosaic in the Hagia Sophia is thought by most scholars to have been created after the Michael VIII took back the city from the Latins. Although some think it was created during the reign of Manuel Komnenos, a few decades prior to the fourth Crusade. The Chora Church has the most beautiful mosaics and frescoes remaining in the city (in my opinion), created during this time (around 1350.) This was under the patronage of Theodore Metochites, the mega doux (prime minister). Mystras in southern Greece is a Byzantine city from this time; the last emperor, Constantine XI, was crowned in Mystras. The church and porphyry disc where he stood can be seen. I learned this in John Romer's four part documentary "Byzantium: the Lost Empire". I am visiting these places in a few weeks, it will be an emotional experience to finally see them in person.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

So Bulgaria was more powerful than Romans in that time :-)

[@FlashPointHx]

Yup. They were on the assent

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Chad Latins vs Virgin Romans

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha

[@metania63]

LOSE THE JOHAN STRAUSS MUSIC!! WHy do you think teachers ban cell phones in class? At least you could use Byzantine chant for a back drop!

[@FlashPointHx]

I love Strauss

[@catholicracialist776]

Full of inaccuracies and false information