Speech from the last roman emperor Constantine

Speech from the last roman emperor Constantine - Netflix Ottoman empire

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Күн бұрын

The year is 1453 and the city of Constantinopel is under siege. The Ottoman Empire is knocking on the walls of the city. You can hear the cry of cannons outside the walls.
Inside the walls of Constantinopel emperor Constantine XI ready his men for the battle.
All right to Netflix for the Ottoman Empire series.

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@nitrodreyko9354 Жыл бұрын

"Augustus, Justinian, Constantine. They will be watching!" Gives me chills

@ismailsahin3232 Жыл бұрын

And if they were, they were proud.

@mukimamko3908 Жыл бұрын

too bad Augustus wont be watching, because he believed in the ancient roman religion and in rome. By the time these guys were fighting they were mostly greek christians

@reefmohammed3553 Жыл бұрын

They all in hellfire how they are watching ?

@musalt Жыл бұрын

@@reefmohammed3553allah the merciful allowed them

@FlavioBelisario5822 11 ай бұрын

Respect

@hobela8515 Жыл бұрын

Me and the boys before an exam we know we will all fail

@garrettwurdeman7133 Жыл бұрын

Chad! Kyle! Hunter! (They graduated) They will be watching!

@rakesh1594 Жыл бұрын

Not a joke.. Still the bravery is accountable here

@joyt841 Жыл бұрын

Fucking muslim

@KOMUTAN_KENDAL Жыл бұрын

😂

@Stone15656 Жыл бұрын

@@KOMUTAN_KENDAL Forest of impaled bodies 😮

@twirajuda 9 ай бұрын

Constantine XI was a worthy last emperor because he went down fighting like a Roman, with sword in hand and a battle cry on his lips. RIP Constantine XI

@franceleeparis37 9 ай бұрын

Somebody should have told him not to take a sword and shield to a gun fight…😂😂

@billcutting3184 8 ай бұрын

@@franceleeparis37Very funny😂.You know how many Roman soldiers died when the fighting was over?All of them,about 8.000-10.000 that is. You know how many Ottoman soldiers died?About 40.000 to 50.000.Looks like knives are stronger than guns after all😂,you are a funny man though,it’s all good😂

@Demoesceptico2 4 ай бұрын

Constantine XI was the King Leonidas of the Middle Ages.

@user-lc7jy4jd4y 3 ай бұрын

@@billcutting3184 You accuse people of ignorance, but you yourself are ignorant. The Ottomans lost 20,000, the Romans lost 10,000. Also, the defending side must be few. The city cannot support that many soldiers. Since they are defending, they are waiting for the other side. Despite this, the Turks still suffered few losses and conquered that impossible city. The end of Rome has come. It is the Turks who should be proud here. Do not take credit for yourself. You could not do anything against the Turks for thousands of years.

@billcutting3184 3 ай бұрын

@@user-lc7jy4jd4y Thank you for your side of the story.Your side,not mine.And I don’t accuse no one.

@Dimi_kozy Жыл бұрын

"No Emperor should Outlive its Empire" Constantine Palahagious XI 🇬🇷☦️👑

@stargazer-elite 11 ай бұрын

Gives “a captain always goes down with his ship” vibes

@NorwegianSedevacantist 10 ай бұрын

That man is the pride of Byzantine Catholicism ☦️

@Dimi_kozy 10 ай бұрын

@@NorwegianSedevacantist 😂what are u waffling about

@LorenzSinclair 10 ай бұрын

but they were orthodox

@Dimi_kozy 10 ай бұрын

@@LorenzSinclair yes OH I get it I thought u said they where chatholic mb

@Carlo-zk2cy 10 ай бұрын

The last emperor of Rome was not deposed by Odoacer in 476. Instead, the last emperor fought till the end like a true Roman.

@HungaryMatee 10 ай бұрын

The Roman Empire didn't fall in 476, it fell in 1453.

@Carlo-zk2cy 10 ай бұрын

@@HungaryMatee Indeed

@DonRoux 10 ай бұрын

The last Roman emperor guys …. Was Napoleon.

@pierre-christiansinger5763 10 ай бұрын

The last Roman Emperor resigned 1806 in Germany. After Charlemagne proceeded as ROMAN Emperor December 25th 800 CE. If the Byzantines were Roman, WHY they spoke Greek and not Latin, as Charlemagne did?

@pierre-christiansinger5763 10 ай бұрын

SPQR is Latin, if I'm not that stupid. NOT Greek. Latin was always the language of the Romans. Never another language. Okay, after that the Germans changed because they had more germanic then romance speaking people and the Byzantines impoverished southern Italy with their attempts to regain control of Western Europe.

@Constantinople14535 Жыл бұрын

"No Emperor should Outlive his Empire"

@falconeshield 9 ай бұрын

Tell that to Kaiser Wilhem II

@seanforgor 8 ай бұрын

@@falconeshieldLMAO

@SetuwoKecik 8 ай бұрын

"Defending an empire to death" and "retreat in the hope to reclaim it in the future." are two noble things.

@Damienoos 8 ай бұрын

@@falconeshieldor kaiser Franz

@generalfeldmarschall3781 7 ай бұрын

@@falconeshield emperor Wilhelm actally want to go to the front to fight till the end but General Hindenburg didn't like that idea

@ΛεωνάνδροςΠεργαμενός 10 ай бұрын

"Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, imagining that you are a hunting party after wild boars, so that the impious may learn that they are dealing not with dumb animals but with their lords and masters, the descendants of the Greeks and the Romans." ...just a small part of the real speech !!!

@marcanton5357 10 ай бұрын

They made up some innocuous drivel instead of presenting the truth. "Documentaries" today....

@GeoBBB123 10 ай бұрын

Exactly. Moviemakers need to adhere more accurately to the truth.

@zippyparakeet1074 10 ай бұрын

@@GeoBBB123it's fine, it did the job.

@mrawesome1688 6 ай бұрын

This is such a better speech. Yet though the one in the documentary also gave me chills.

@Republic_Senate19_27 9 ай бұрын

Rome began with Romulus and fell under Romulus. Constantinople began with Constantine and fell under Constantine. History is not without irony.

@Demoesceptico2 4 ай бұрын

There is a prophecy said: "A Constantine build it, a Constantine lost it, a Constantine will get it back".

@haksrax39 2 ай бұрын

@@Demoesceptico2Well as a Greek , a Constantie tried to get it. Our old King Constantine the first in the Anatolian campaign which was going smoothly in the start but ended with tragedy for us atleast.

@KingBobChad 2 ай бұрын

@@haksrax39 ohhh what. Thats just not right. What the heck.

@christiannicolasborgenstee3092 26 күн бұрын

@@haksrax39 im not even greek and i also see it as a tragedy

@DavidWillisSLS Жыл бұрын

Constantine Palaiologos was one of the best emperors Rome ever had. Not for conquering vast swaths of land. Not for any amazing reforms Not for fixing the economy. None of those other things that made previous emperors so great. No, Constantine was one of the best emperors ever because when the time came for the greatest empire the world had ever known to slip into history, Constantine said it would not go gently into that good night. For he was No Romulus Augustulus. That if death wanted to conquer Rome, it was going to have to fight the most formidable fighting machine the world had ever seen. A Roman army

@sergeantswiss2401 10 ай бұрын

I mean… he wasn’t the best, because he didn’t really have an impact, but… Nothing but respect and praise for this man. I’m certain that he was lifted into heaven during the battle like how Romulus was taken by the gods. He went out like a Roman. The Roman Empire went out like Romans

@victorkong82 10 ай бұрын

Why did you paraphrase Dylan Thomas? So random.

@Kilovotis 10 ай бұрын

@@victorkong82It's basically a proverb at this point.

@slash891 9 ай бұрын

Well said. For all its history, Rome went down with a fight, which not alot of great empires can say.

@saiien2 9 ай бұрын

Well in terms of rule he was an average maybe even under average ruler. BUT!! He's remembered as Augustus, Justinian and Constantine. the Great. Because in the end he did the right thing. He went down with his empire.

@The_Last_White_Man 9 ай бұрын

Shame to Europe that they didn't Help Greeks/Byzantines! Respect for these who Helped!

@Philicius9276 7 ай бұрын

They send troops, but it was to late.

@gml4776 4 ай бұрын

The 200 men of the Papal lagate with Cardinal Isidoro, Aragonese from the Iberian Peninsula under the command of Pere Juliá, the Genoese of Giustiniani, the Venetians of Girolamo Minotto, the nobleman of Castile (Spain), Francisco de Toledo, the German/Scottish Juan Grant, Pietro Davanzo's Italians who escaped in February

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

The Genoese, possibly venetians.

@guycrew3973 Ай бұрын

They tried a bunch of crusades against the ottoman and lost and honestly at that point the Byzantine empire was basically just a walking corpse at that point what the ottoman did was just a mercy kill

@2000rayc Ай бұрын

@@Philicius9276 no they should of took the city back

@AM_vegan Жыл бұрын

I thought I could watch this without crying... This is how I always imagined his last speech.

@ahyeyeye6749 Жыл бұрын

For me the saddest thing is how the Romans kept going, and going, and going, against all odds, for so long. The empire was in terminal decline long before, but received no help for centuries. In fact, the West conspired against Constantinople. Yet they were brave, right until the very last. Totally with you.

@LukeSky2207 9 ай бұрын

His actual last speech is even more so: "the City gas fallen, and I'm still alive", proceeds to strip from all imperial regalia, rallies his men, and charges to his doom.

@xristospapasotiriou1968 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your sentiments and emotion. The speech is a whole text, written in greek and it is preserved by the emperor's secretary (Georgios Frantzis). It is really extraordinary and it's also a sacred pledge and spiritual asset to the Greeks, as we never surrendered the capital of our empire. Note that the origin of Constantine 11th was from the grater area of Sparta (Region of Mystras/ Laconia).

@anotherkettlebellenthusias8586 Жыл бұрын

Not Christian but this last speech of Constantine was literally something

@igorlopes7589 9 ай бұрын

@@calebwalker4823What he meant was "I'm not a christian, but this last speech of Constantine was literally something"

@amoose3582 8 ай бұрын

@@calebwalker4823you're too busy focusing on finding a gotcha moment, that you got GOT instead.

@billcutting3184 8 ай бұрын

It don’t matter what religion you believe in.What matters is if you are a good person or not.

@constantine2687 2 ай бұрын

@@billcutting3184 define what "good" is to you

@guycrew3973 Ай бұрын

@@constantine2687if you need help with that then you’re a lost cause

@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459 10 ай бұрын

The last gasps of a once mighty Empire. Very inspiring speech.

@Efe-ro8gb 9 ай бұрын

As a Turk i have respect to last Rome emperor because he died while he fighting and our last Sultan is escaped . This is the difference

@mikeor- 8 ай бұрын

That Mehmed VI escaped was because of a chaotic situation. It was similar to how Romulus Augustus was deposed in 476. Constantine XI did not die in a chaotic situation. He died fighting an enemy he knew he could not escape.

@Efe-ro8gb 8 ай бұрын

@@mikeor- İ already didn’t say “ constantin escaped “

@muhammadsaad847 8 ай бұрын

Abdulhamid was your last true Sultan, and he was deposed

@Efe-ro8gb 8 ай бұрын

@@muhammadsaad847 He is not our last Sultan. Our last Sultan was vahdettin. But you are right Abdulhamit is better than vahdettin

@TR_Conqueror 8 ай бұрын

Kendi tarihini bilmeyenlerle dolu memleket..

@elperrodelautumo7511 Жыл бұрын

At least they said Romans. Not byzantines.

@mohamedeljallouli4726 Жыл бұрын

Nobody used the term Byzantine the west European Maude that up

@Dimi_kozy Жыл бұрын

WE ARE THE FINAL BASTIAN OF GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

@barbiquearea 11 ай бұрын

That's because "Byzantine" is a modern nomenclature. For most of the medieval period when the empire still existed, the rest of the world would have referred to them as the "Greek Empire".

@snakee2-p2k 11 ай бұрын

@@barbiquearea Even the muslims called this empire as "ROMANS". Not greeks. Are you kidding??

@Clearwood_ 10 ай бұрын

@@barbiquearea The name doesn't make any sense though. The city of Byzantium ceased to exist in the year 330 when it was changed to Constantinople. So I never understood how historians continue to call the Romans "Byzantine". For 1,123 years there were no more "Byzantines".

@mrawesome1688 6 ай бұрын

The Last True Roman Emperor. What a glorious and sad moment.

@malicant123 6 ай бұрын

Constantine could have fled, but he chose to die for his city and for his people. He SHOULD be remembered as a hero in the West, but he is instead almost unknown.

@ndahadelos 10 күн бұрын

His body was never found, and the Turks entered from a gate left open.

@Brolaf2000 8 ай бұрын

if i had a time machine, i'd go there and give him one extra sword to follow him

@Ramoreira86 7 ай бұрын

Make it two my friend.

@based_kaiser9015 7 ай бұрын

Three!

@thatguy9553 6 ай бұрын

Four!

@GaiusJuliusCaesar. 4 ай бұрын

Five !

@planetkc 3 ай бұрын

Six

@ibrahimsuleiman8473 Жыл бұрын

They will be watching,damn good speech.

@n2ocalico226 10 ай бұрын

“We are the protectors that have kept the scourge of Islam from Europe for a thousand years!” Man, he would not like to see Europe today...

@livingjoke3083 9 ай бұрын

Wait till he sees modern Western Christianity Think he would probably be fine with Islam then xD

@vegasboy5931 9 ай бұрын

@@livingjoke3083Eastern orthodox Christianity

@billcutting3184 8 ай бұрын

@@livingjoke3083For real though😂

@bunnitomoe3866 5 ай бұрын

Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Islam still remain the same. Western christianity is doom

@__mindflayer__ 2 ай бұрын

@@livingjoke3083Constantine believed in the eastern Christian church not the west….

@steventalvinzvestal420 8 ай бұрын

Rest in Peace last Roman Empire "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr Seuss

@matthewmurren2210 6 ай бұрын

But alas there is a dream in the hearts of man that can never be unkindled, that dream is ROME

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

Dr seuss?

@haydencrawford8552 10 ай бұрын

"The city has fallen, and i am still alive." 😭😭😭😭

@johngurlides9157 10 ай бұрын

He appealled to his soldiers as descendants of GREEKS and Romans.

@hgeorgelas 3 ай бұрын

Yup.

@carlhicksjr8401 10 ай бұрын

Mind you, Constantine XI Palaiologos was giving this speech in Greek... The Byzantines thought of themselves as Eastern Romans, the last of the Empire. But like the Romans, they held up Greek culture as the pinnacle of achievement. In the heyday of Ancient Rome, one was thought to be ill-educated and untutored if one 'had no Greek' - - with perfect Athenian diction and inflection.

@ZxZ239 9 ай бұрын

No not Eastern Romans, the TRUE ROMANS

@MaxStArlyn 8 ай бұрын

No one had heard of a separation of the Roman Empire. No one called them “The Eastern Roman Empire”…and no one ever called them the “Byzantine Empire”.. They where simply known as the Roman Empire. Part of the reason why the empire changed its capital from Rome, to Constantinople, was because Constantinople, not only being a significant trading point, but was a central location within a much larger Europe back then. The Roman Empire led by glittering Constantinople, WAS europe. Constantinople wasn’t the east…it was right smack in the middle.

@carlhicksjr8401 8 ай бұрын

@@MaxStArlyn In several documents, both religious and governmental [there was a LOT of overlap in those in Byzantium], the Byzantines refer to themselves as 'Eastern Romans'. They acknowledge the fall of the Western empire and the Gothic occupation of Rome and had Islam not erupted on the Empire's SE flank, a whole bunch more energy would have been expended trying to retake and keep the 'civitas aeterna'. Constantinople was always recognized as the Eastern capitol.

@MaxStArlyn 8 ай бұрын

@@carlhicksjr8401 Please present evidence for your claims.

@jtmartin1170 8 ай бұрын

@@MaxStArlynYeah people seem to forget that the Roman World wrapped all the way around the Mediterranean, with very, very wealthy and important cities in Persia, Syria the Levant and North Africa. It only became the “Arab World” after the Islamic Conquests. For most of its history from antiquity onward, those regions were decidedly “Western”, and were heavily influenced, if not founded by, Goths, Greeks and Romans.

@steliostavoularis5426 10 ай бұрын

They have the last speach and they could have used it instead of this. Constantine XI Palaiologos was the first emperor who claimed the title "King of the Greeks". His speach towards the residents of Constantinoupolis, before reffering to the Venetians, ends in "Αἱ ρομφαῖαί σας καὶ τὰ τόξα σας καὶ τὰ ἀκόντια ἂς ριφθῶσι κατ᾿ αὐτῶν, οὐχὶ ὡς κατ᾿ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς κατ᾿ ἀγρίων χοίρων, διὰ νὰ γνωρίσωσιν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ὅτι μάχονται πρὸς τοὺς κυρίους καὶ αὐθέντας αὐτῶν, πρὸς τοὺς ἀπογόνους τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῶν Ρωμαίων.» ("Let your daggers and your bows and javelins be thrown at them, not as at men, but as at wild pigs, so that the ungodly may know that they are fighting against their lords and masters, against the descendants of the Greeks. and the Romans.")

@SetuwoKecik 8 ай бұрын

"This city that Constantine built from dust!" Byzas of Megara: "im sorry?"

@morsecode980 7 ай бұрын

I mean, technically speaking it is correct. The original Greek settlement of Byzantion was basically glassed by the Romans when they took over Thrace, and rebuilt from the ground up into Byzantium, which later became “New Rome,” and then Constantinople.

@TartarusPyro Жыл бұрын

why they did not use the real speech wtf? Most noble leader, illustrious tribunes, generals, most courageous fellow soldiers and all loyal honest citizens! You know well that the hour has come: the enemy of our faith wishes to oppress us even more closely by sea and land with all his engines and skill to attack us with the entire strength of this siege force, as a snake about to spew its venom; he is in a hurry to devour us, like a savage lion. For this reason I am imploring you to fight like men with brave souls, as you have done from the beginning up to this day, against the enemy of our faith. I hand over to you my glorious, famous, respected, noble city, the shining Queen of Cities, our homeland. You know well, my brothers, that we have four obligations in common, which force us to prefer death over survival: first our faith and piety; second our homeland; third, the emperor anointed by the Lord, and fourth; our relatives and friends. Well, my brothers, if we must fight for one of these obligations, we will be even more liable under the command strength of all four; as you can clearly understand. If God grants victory to the impious because of my own sins, we will endanger our lives for our holy faith, which Christ gave us with his own blood. This is most important of all. Even if one gains the entire world but loses his soul in the process, what will be the benefit! Second, we will be deprived of such famous homeland and of our liberty. Third, our empire, renowned in the past but presently humbled, low and exhausted, will be ruled by a tyrant and an impious man. Fourth, we will be separated from our dearest children, wives and relatives. This wretch of a Sultan has besieged our city up to now for fifty seven days with all his engines and strength; he has relaxed the blockade neither day nor night, but, by the grace of Christ, our Lord, who sees all things, the enemy has often been repelled, up to now, from our walls with shame and dishonour. Yet now too, my brothers, feel no cowardice, even if small parts of our fortifications have collapsed from the explosions and engine missiles, as you can see, we made all possible, necessary repairs. We are placing all hope in the irresistible glory of God. Some have faith in armament, others in cavalry, might and numbers but we believe in the name of our Lord, our God and Saviour, and second, in our arms and strength granted to us by divine power. I know the countless hordes of the impious will advance against us, according to their custom, violently, confidently and with great courage and force in order to overwhelm and wear out our few defenders with hardship. They attempt to frighten us with loud yells and innumerable battle cries. But you are all familiar with their chattering and I need say no more about it. For a long time they will continue so and will also release over us countless rocks, all sorts of arrows and missiles, like the sand of the sea. But I hope that such things will not harm us; I see, greatly rejoice, and nourish with hopes in my mind that even if we are few, you are all experienced and seasoned warriors - courageous, brave, and well prepared. Protect your heads with shields in combat and battle. Keep your right hand, armed with the sword, extended in front of you at all times. Your helmets, breastplates and suits of armour are fully sufficient together with your other weapons and will prove very effective in battle. Our enemies have none and use no such weapons. You are protected inside the walls, while they will advance without cover and with toil. For these reasons, my fellow soldiers, prepare yourselves, be firm, and remain valiant, for the pity of God. Take your example from the few elephants of the Carthaginians and how they dispersed the numerous cavalry of the Romans with their noise and appearance. If one dumb beast put another to flight, we, the masters of horses and animals, can surely even do better against our advancing enemies, since they are dumb animals, worse even than pigs. Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, imagining that you are a hunting party after wild boars, so that the impious may learn that they are dealing not with dumb animals but with their lords and masters, the descendants of the Greeks and the Romans. You are well aware that this irreligious Sultan, the enemy of our holy faith, violated for no good reason the peace treaty we had with him and disregarded his numerous oaths without a second thought. Suddenly, he appeared and built his castle in the straights of Asomatosso so he might be able to inflict daily harm on us. Then he put our farms, gardens, parks, and houses to the torch, while he killed and enslaved as many of our Christian brothers as he found; he broke the treaty of friendship. He befriended the inhabitants of Galata, the wretches rejoice over this, as they are unaware of the parable of the farmer’s son who was roasting snails and said, 'Oh stupid creature,' etc. Well my brothers, since he started the siege and the blockade, every day he opens his fathomless mouth and is seeking an opportunity to devour us and this city, which thrice-blessed Constantine the Great founded and dedicated to the all holy most chaste Mother of God, our lady, Mary the eternal virgin. She became the Queen of Cities, the shield and aid of our homeland, the shelter of Christians, the hope and joy of all wishes to destroy this city, which was once proud and blooming like a rose of the field. I can tell you that this city mastered the entire universe; She placed beneath her feet Pontus, Armenia, Paphlagonia, The Amazonian lands, Cappadocia, Galatia, Media, Georgian Colchis, Bosphoros, Albania, Syria, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Arabia, Judea, Bactria, Scythia, Macedonia, Thessaly, Boeotia, Locris, Aetolia, Arcarnania, Achaea, the Peloponnese, Epirus, Illyria, Lykhnites, the Adriatic, Italy, Tuscany, the Celts, and Galatian Celts, Spain up to Cadiz, Libya, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Beledes, Scude, Numidia, Africa and Egypt. Now he wants to enslave her and throw the yoke upon the Mistress of Cities, our holy churches, where the Holy Trinity was worshiped, where the Holy Spirit was glorified in hymns, where angels were heard praising in chant the deity of and the incarnation of God’s word, he wants to turn into shrines of his blasphemy, shrines of the mad and false Prophet, Mohammed, as well as into stables for his horses and camels. Consider then, my brothers and comrades in arms, how the commemoration of our death, our memory, fame and freedom can be rendered eternal.”

@GranSinderesis Жыл бұрын

The longest monologue that i would ever thought

@TartarusPyro Жыл бұрын

@@GranSinderesis well he said what he felt and knew that the end is close not like today's politicians that other people write them down what to say

@GranSinderesis Жыл бұрын

@@TartarusPyro Well, now if a state gonna fall the leaders and politicians would just take a helicopter, leave the country and star a new life... just like if a earthquake haved destroy their house.

@spiritusIRATUS 10 ай бұрын

Because this is Hollywood and even worse Netflix, the platform that produced Cleopatra and other history distorting crap.

@scottwebb4722 10 ай бұрын

cause what you just typed in sounds so boring like 'ok boomer' boring.

@glishev 10 ай бұрын

There IS a preserved speech of Constantine XI in his servant George Sprantzes' memoirs. And it runs like that: “Most noble leader, illustrious tribunes, generals, most courageous fellow soldiers and all loyal honest citizens! You know well that the hour has come: the enemy of our faith wishes to oppress us even more closely by sea and land with all his engines and skill to attack us with the entire strength of this siege force, as a snake about to spew its venom; he is in a hurry to devour us, like a savage lion. For this reason I am imploring you to fight like men with brave souls, as you have done from the beginning up to this day, against the enemy of our faith. I hand over to you my glorious, famous, respected, noble city, the shining Queen of Cities, our homeland. You know well, my brothers, that we have four obligations in common, which force us to prefer death over survival: first our faith and piety; second our homeland; third, the emperor anointed by the Lord, and fourth; our relatives and friends. Well, my brothers, if we must fight for one of these obligations, we will be even more liable under the command strength of all four; as you can clearly understand. If God grants victory to the impious because of my own sins, we will endanger our lives for our holy faith, which Christ gave us with his own blood. This is most important of all. Even if one gains the entire world but loses his soul in the process, what will be the benefit! Second, we will be deprived of such famous homeland and of our liberty. Third, our empire, renowned in the past but presently humbled, low and exhausted, will be ruled by a tyrant and an impious man. Fourth, we will be separated from our dearest children, wives and relatives. This wretch of a Sultan has besieged our city up to now for fifty seven days with all his engines and strength; he has relaxed the blockade neither day nor night, but, by the grace of Christ, our Lord, who sees all things, the enemy has often been repelled, up to now, from our walls with shame and dishonour. Yet now too, my brothers, feel no cowardice, even if small parts of our fortifications have collapsed from the explosions and engine missiles, as you can see, we made all possible, necessary repairs. We are placing all hope in the irresistible glory of God. Some have faith in armament, others in cavalry, might and numbers but we believe in the name of our Lord, our God and Saviour, and second, in our arms and strength granted to us by divine power. I know the countless hordes of the impious will advance against us, according to their custom, violently, confidently and with great courage and force in order to overwhelm and wear out our few defenders with hardship. They attempt to frighten us with loud yells and innumerable battle cries. But you are all familiar with their chattering and I need say no more about it. For a long time they will continue so and will also release over us countless rocks, all sorts of arrows and missiles, like the sand of the sea. But I hope that such things will not harm us; I see, greatly rejoice, and nourish with hopes in my mind that even if we are few, you are all experienced and seasoned warriors - courageous, brave, and well prepared. Protect your heads with shields in combat and battle. Keep your right hand, armed with the sword, extended in front of you at all times. Your helmets, breastplates and suits of armour are fully sufficient together with your other weapons and will prove very effective in battle. Our enemies have none and use no such weapons. You are protected inside the walls, while they will advance without cover and with toil. For these reasons, my fellow soldiers, prepare yourselves, be firm, and remain valiant, for the pity of God. Take your example from the few elephants of the Carthaginians and how they dispersed the numerous cavalry of the Romans with their noise and appearance. If one dumb beast put another to flight, we, the masters of horses and animals, can surely even do better against our advancing enemies, since they are dumb animals, worse even than pigs. Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, imagining that you are a hunting party after wild boars, so that the impious may learn that they are dealing not with dumb animals but with their lords and masters, the descendants of the Greeks and the Romans. You are well aware that this irreligious Sultan, the enemy of our holy faith, violated for no good reason the peace treaty we had with him and disregarded his numerous oaths without a second thought. Suddenly, he appeared and built his castle in the straights of Asomatosso so he might be able to inflict daily harm on us. Then he put our farms, gardens, parks, and houses to the torch, while he killed and enslaved as many of our Christian brothers as he found; he broke the treaty of friendship. He befriended the inhabitants of Galata, the wretches rejoice over this, as they are unaware of the parable of the farmer’s son who was roasting snails and said, ‘Oh stupid creature,’ etc. Well my brothers, since he started the siege and the blockade, every day he opens his fathomless mouth and is seeking an opportunity to devour us and this city, which thrice-blessed Constantine the Great founded and dedicated to the all holy most chaste Mother of God, our lady, Mary the eternal virgin. She became the Queen of Cities, the shield and aid of our homeland, the shelter of Christians, the hope and joy of all wishes to destroy this city, which was once proud and blooming like a rose of the field. I can tell you that this city mastered the entire universe; She placed beneath her feet Pontus, Armenia, Paphlagonia, The Amazonian lands, Cappadocia, Galatia, Media, Georgian Colchis, Bosphoros, Albania, Syria, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Arabia, Judea, Bactria, Scythia, Macedonia, Thessaly, Boeotia, Locris, Aetolia, Arcarnania, Achaea, the Peloponnese, Epirus, Illyria, Lykhnites, the Adriatic, Italy, Tuscany, the Celts, and Galatian Celts, Spain up to Cadiz, Libya, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Beledes, Scude, Numidia, Africa and Egypt. Now he wants to enslave her and throw the yoke upon the Mistress of Cities, our holy churches, where the Holy Trinity was worshiped, where the Holy Spirit was glorified in hymns, where angels were heard praising in chant the deity of and the incarnation of God’s word, he wants to turn into shrines of his blasphemy, shrines of the mad and false Prophet, Mohammed, as well as into stables for his horses and camels. Consider then, my brothers and comrades in arms, how the commemoration of our death, our memory, fame and freedom can be rendered eternal.”

@anderskorsback4104 10 ай бұрын

For him to speak of fighting for the true faith and not to lose your soul to gain the world is kinda ironic though. He literally sold out the Orthodox Church to Rome in order to get Catholic military support to save his empire.

@zakuro8532 10 ай бұрын

@@anderskorsback4104 Better catholic than muslim

@anderskorsback4104 10 ай бұрын

@@zakuro8532 that's what you may think, but that's not what Constantine XI is saying here. He literally tries to rally them to fight for the "true faith" that he himself sold out. Which is particularly ironic considering how the Ottoman Empire was never going to take away their Orthodox Christianity, nor had the Byzantines any reason to believe they would, if Ottoman treatment of previous conquered territories is any indication. "Better the Turkish turban than the Latin mitre", as was said by none other than Loukas Notaras, the last Byzantine prime minister. Indeed, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople led to the restoration of the Orthodox Church, under new management by its newly Ottoman-appointed patriarch Gennadius Scholarius, the most prominent Orthodox theologian who had opposed the reunification with Rome.

@zakuro8532 10 ай бұрын

@@anderskorsback4104 Wow didn't expect that, thanks for the insight

@anderskorsback4104 10 ай бұрын

@@zakuro8532 thank you for having the fortitude to admit as much, it's a rare thing for someone to do it on the Internet, especially on topics like this one. You might even be a better person than me in that regard. Obviously the choice by the Ottoman government to restore the Orthodox Church was primarily politically motivated, since putting an end to it selling out to Rome meant that future anti-Ottoman crusades were less likely to happen. Still, the idea that it's better to be conquered by the Ottomans rather than sell out to Rome was very significant indeed among the Byzantine politically active classes. They saw the writing on the (Theodosian) wall and knew it was one or the other. It's not that different from how Monophysite Christians widely saw the Islamic conquest of the Levant 800 years earlier: It's better to suffer some discrimination for being Christians under Muslim rule than it is to be persecuted under Christian rule for being the wrong denomination of Christian. It's a curious thing indeed that often, deviant denominations of a religion are persecuted harder for being heretics than the adherents of completely different religions. The Ottoman Empire, too, at times persecuted Shia Muslims much harder than it ever persecuted Christians or Jews.

@kinghenry100 8 ай бұрын

In his time you were taught to be provide of your ancestors. Today you are taught to have guilt for them.

@aureklanderson4498 23 сағат бұрын

oh do shut up, we get it "based little dark age conqistador/whermacht/redcoat edit muh west has fallen billions must die" whining, do not have the gall to compare your self to the last emperor of the romans himself.

@AUGUSTUSCAESAR-gz1qe 10 ай бұрын

you make me proud my son

@roydownes2458 10 ай бұрын

when he knew that the city had been taken and the battle was lost, constantine tore the imperial purple cloak from hs shoulders and plunged into the thickest of the fight, sword in hand. after the battle, hs body was identified by its purple shoes, embroidered with golden eagles.

@Death_Korps_Officer 9 ай бұрын

No, his body was never found. He died as he lived, as a true Roman

@billcutting3184 8 ай бұрын

@@Death_Korps_OfficerSome say they found his body,others say they didn’t found him,who knows.

@paulcalixte2223 8 ай бұрын

@@billcutting3184 One thing's for certain: Sultan Mehmed II never found his body, otherwise he would've taken it for a trophy

@bbaydogdu 8 ай бұрын

@@paulcalixte2223 What? No he wouldn't. That's more of a Roman thing to do.

@secretunknown253 8 ай бұрын

@@bbaydogduno it's not lol. That sounds like a Persian thing

@Estelleeeeee Жыл бұрын

They stood on their own, they fell in honour. The Emperor's body was never found. Rumours say it was lost in Hagia Sophia...

@mr.tobacco1708 10 ай бұрын

Ottoman historical records says his body was found near today's Edirnekapı and his body burned with a ceremony like a true king. There are claims that II.Mehmed was at the ceremony too but it's up to debate.

@ThomasShelby-bt7mn 7 ай бұрын

His body was found among the fallen defendants. And he was given a proper final ceremony like a true kings departure.

@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 Жыл бұрын

This speech is very inspiring.

@Centurion_video Жыл бұрын

Another speech, from Caesar kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHeaepeGnK6Ifbs

@TartarusPyro Жыл бұрын

@marcanton5357 10 ай бұрын

@@TartarusPyro Anti-whitism shows it's ugly head in many ways, and at Netflix in perpetuity, like in most media today. An European Christian monarch spurring on other European Christians to fight non-white, non-Christians, by virtue of their European Christian identity, is basically an universal taboo for anti-whites, even when it's a historical reality.

@superyamky 10 ай бұрын

@malakas59 the exact words of the speech was lost

@emperoredwardthegreat8189 10 ай бұрын

@@TartarusPyro I ain't reading all that

@JoBlakeLisbon 5 ай бұрын

Gives me chills. Magnificent scene. Amazing actor.

@The_Daily_Tomato 9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of that speech King Theoden made just before the battle of Helms Deep. "If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an end, as to be worthy of remembrance"

@ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣΜΕΝΔΡΙΝΟΣ 8 ай бұрын

A brave and true Emperor.He chose to die with his beloved city Constantinoples and the Empire and he lives now in immortality.We the Greeks we must never forget our Emperor and Constantinoples.

@b3ygghsas 8 ай бұрын

Poor Constantine XI was a good and courageous emperor that for centuries became just a footnote in history because of both the ottomans and the revisionist enlightenment thinkers who disregarded byzantine history as interesting and important (I'm talking about you voltaire), for centuries people barely remeber who he was, and now in the 21st century millions of people from around the world know him and consider him a hero RIP Constantine XI, you were a hero, you were just given an impossible problem to solve

@Ramoreira86 7 ай бұрын

Voltaire wish he was half the man Constantine XI was...

@mennyboy1528 4 ай бұрын

Really? Because of Voltaire, Constantine XI Palaiologos was forgotten? And specially... Constantine XI Palaiologos is remembered nowadays like a hero?

@b3ygghsas 4 ай бұрын

@@mennyboy1528 Not just Constantine XI, byzantine history is not very popular in the academy because of voltaire and the other enlightenment thinkers such as montesquieu and rousseau, the french absolutists loved byzantine history so their reasoning was "the absolutists like byzantium, therefore we have to despise it", only with the internet has byzantine history started gaining more popularity

@PaleSaracenDeath 24 күн бұрын

@@mennyboy1528Voltaire was the greatest hypocrite there was. Eating best food at the nobles table and at the same time making fun of them all the while profiting of it. Disgusting

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 14 күн бұрын

@@PaleSaracenDeathnothing like talking shit about people and getting fed by them at the same time. If people could do what he did then they'd be doing it now and nobody would call them hypocrites, that's just the rich being stupid enough to fund their public enemy.

@el_chico1313 10 ай бұрын

a king who fights his own battles wouldnt that be a sight

@billcutting3184 8 ай бұрын

Achilles was pleased as he was watching Constantine from Hades.

@ΔημήτρηςΠισιμίσης-ζ9β Жыл бұрын

Long live the king🇬🇷

@reefmohammed3553 Жыл бұрын

He is fucking death, even his death body never found, how long life ? 🤣🤣🤣

@mohammadaziz6876 Жыл бұрын

Lauda king

@newtonia-uo4889 Жыл бұрын

REX MAGNUS, my Great King!

@UnnamedAdministrator-lc3oy Жыл бұрын

He is not greek! He is a roman

@ΔημήτρηςΠισιμίσης-ζ9β Жыл бұрын

@@UnnamedAdministrator-lc3oy constantine palaiologos os greek

@chirho8657 Жыл бұрын

Constantine the based

@theguy1458 10 ай бұрын

Respect for this Brave Warriors, Rest in peace Θρύλοι.....

@TomorrowWeLive 9 ай бұрын

The Last Mass in Hagia Sophia Anonymous Song of Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Translated by Richard Stoneman God rings the bells, earth rings the bells, the sky itself is ringing, The Holy Wisdom, the great church, is ringing out the message, Four hundred sounding boards sound out, and two and sixty bells, For every bell there is a priest, for every priest a deacon. To the left the emperor is singing, to the right the patriarch, And all the columns tremble with the thunder of the chant. And as the emperor began the hymns to the Cherubim, A voice came down to them from the sky, from the archangel’s mouth: "Cease the Cherubic hymn, and let the sacred objects bow; Priests, take the holy things away, extinguish all the candles: God’s Will has made our city now into a Turkish city. But send a message to the West, and let them send three ships: The first to take the cross, the second to remove the Gospel, The third, the finest shall rescue for us our holy altar. Lest it all to those dogs, and they defile it and dishonour it." The Holy Virgin was distressed, the very icons wept. "Be calm, beloved lady, be calm and do not weep for them Though years, though centuries shall pass, they shall be yours again."

@GeorgeMasterclass 10 ай бұрын

Both the founder of Contantinople and its last Emperor was name Constantine.

@davidking6242 10 ай бұрын

the founder of Rome and the last emperor of the west were both called Romulus too

@MysteryMan-gb5jw 8 ай бұрын

And both of their mothers were named Helena

@belisarios4248 25 күн бұрын

And both rulers are closely connected with Serbia. Constantine was born on the territory of Serbia in the city of Naisus (today's Nis), and Constantine XI was a Serbian from the Dejanović (Dragaš) family on his mother's side (Jelena )Constantine XI was the great-grandson of Serbian King Stefan Dečanski on his mother's side.

@SuperTupcu 24 күн бұрын

Respect from Turkey to the last Roman Emperor..

@yavuzabasiyanik1256 8 ай бұрын

I was born in Istanbul and actually inside of those walls which is known as the real Istanbul by us Turks. Knowing legendary people like that guy and many more ruled where I was born makes me feel special lol. People for a long time wanted to conquer Istanbul and many men died for this city. Truly legend, kinda makes me sad what we are doing to it...

@ophirbactrius8285 8 ай бұрын

Once its named Constantinople, forever its always Constantinople!

@yavuzabasiyanik1256 8 ай бұрын

@@ophirbactrius8285 sure Constantinople sounds more fancy I guess whatever you wanna call it but we call it Istanbul right now.

@ophirbactrius8285 8 ай бұрын

@@yavuzabasiyanik1256 Because our beloved Holy Blessings Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H always use Qunstatiniyyah@Constantinople rather than Istanbul. And as his followers, i always follow his sunnah to keep using name Qunstatiniyyah or Constantinople.

@billcutting3184 7 ай бұрын

What do you mean when you say "what we are doing to it"?The city is still beautiful,no?If I may ask.

@Leo.de99 6 ай бұрын

It makes me sad seeing how Hagia Sophia got converted into a mosque..

@cosminpodut1574 6 ай бұрын

☦️

@m.adenan3730 25 күн бұрын

Constantine XI fought against pretty much impossible odds to defend constantinople and the last bastion of the roman empire but even when he had so many chances to escape and flee he didn't he stood his ground even when all of christendom have abandoned Constantinople to it's fate the last roman emperor stood and fight for in his words "no emperor should outlive his empire" it doesn't matter which side you are this guy is a figure worthy of legends

@OmegaTrooper Жыл бұрын

Where men cried.

@dirtshrimp9901 10 ай бұрын

men dont cry

@MrRamazanLale2 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@UnnamedAdministrator-lc3oy Жыл бұрын

His name is Constantine Palaiologos!!! He's not byzantine or greek!!! He is a roman and last roman emperor!!!

@helleniclight8534 Жыл бұрын

He was a Greek. But he died as a roman empreror who fought for the last piece of the great history of ancient civilisation.

@UnnamedAdministrator-lc3oy Жыл бұрын

@@helleniclight8534 is he macedonian, attican, epirian, critian or roman? You source roman empire (west and east roman empire) last greek kindom is ptolemaios kingdom

@reefmohammed3553 Жыл бұрын

@@helleniclight8534when did he say i am a greek ? He is the roman dont ever claim that

@sgourkon8742 Жыл бұрын

@@reefmohammed3553He said in the last speech: we are descents of Greek and Romans.. This is not documentary ( netflix documentaries are jokes) to say the words exactly how Frantzis wrote them down.

@sgourkon8742 Жыл бұрын

@@UnnamedAdministrator-lc3oyYou don't even read anything i am sure about Eastern Roman Literature. Not even byzantinologists as Runciman to see the link with Greece.

@KK-fi6ms 10 ай бұрын

It was all for nothing. Constantinople at this point was nothing more than a symbol. The Empire was already destroyed 250 years ago by their fellow Christians, not by the Turks.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

Well the turks certainly didnt help with constantly hitting the city with cannons and converting christians to muslims by force under threat of genocide!

@kingjayapala 4 ай бұрын

Constantine Paleologus is one of history’s greatest heroes. I anxiously await the day of his return so that he may reclaim his city.

@alexm7627 Ай бұрын

What do you mean

@RuthlessPheonix 10 ай бұрын

The reason I don't like this speech is the statement that "We are the protectors that have kept the scourge of Islam from EUROPE for a thousand years". To the Byzantines, Constantinople was the heart of the world. They didn't care for Europe, and they certainly didn't see themselves as "European" let alone protectors of Europe. What was important was Byzantium, from the Balkans to Asia Minor. That was home.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

Their sacrifices benefited europe immensely. Their fall forced new trade routes to be discovered.

@колхозПутьИльича-х7й Жыл бұрын

The situation mow is even worse. The obvious danger is always easier to deal with than the clandestine one.

@vegasboy5931 9 ай бұрын

Europe is a lost cause, they wanted it.

@RaPtOr11781 8 ай бұрын

As I read Netflix Ottoman Empire, I expected the Emperor to be black.

@RicegumNeverBrokeAgain 8 ай бұрын

Woke people going too far man 🤣

@julianivanov3058 11 ай бұрын

Would've been a lot cooler had it been in Greek

@masterexploder9668 7 ай бұрын

Perhaps Roman Empire ended up reduced to only Constantinople and areas around it, but Constantine and it's defenders made sure it went out with a bang, not a whimper.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

Amen.

@lakshminarayan3020 21 күн бұрын

Not Istanbul it's Constantinople 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

@wearethefirstwearethelast1536 Жыл бұрын

I cry like fucikin baby, only time i cry is end of Eastern Roman Empire. What a beatiful death.

@bdleo300 10 ай бұрын

The Last Roman! he was actually half-Greek, half-Serbian

@Hybrid980 10 ай бұрын

The idea of being a 'Greek' didn't exist again until the late modern era, when nationalist movements became more popular, and indeed the idea of a national identity of Greeks would be rather foreign to the Ancient Greeks themselves, the closest they ever came to such a reality was under Philip and his son Alexander's Macedonian Empire. Being a 'Roman' was in essence the western world's first ever instance of having a national identity, to be a 'Roman' was more than just being a citizen of the city itself, it meant you were part of a centuries long common cultural, ethnic, and national identity, in this way the Eastern Romans were more 'Roman' than any of the western world at the time, including citizens of Rome itself.

@es9382 10 ай бұрын

No he was 100% greek from Sparta.

@ant8504 8 ай бұрын

@@Hybrid980 That's not correct, the Idea of being greek or hellenic came about during the early iron age and Hellenic peoples recognized a shared culture despite not being a part of the same city state. Greek peoples in the ancient world had a fairly shared language and cultural practices and even modern greeks retain the spoken language and genetic composition of ancient greeks despite not necesarily having identical cultures

@Hybrid980 8 ай бұрын

@@ant8504 Dog the Romans erased any Greek identity from the Greeks when they conquered them, it didn't happen at first obviously, when you rule a people for hundreds of years and they live in proximity to yours, there will be an exchange of cultural ideas but ultimately the identity of the culture who is ruling you will reign supreme, the Romans absorbed the Greek ideas they liked and discarded the rest, it's something they did to all peoples they conquered, by the time of the Eastern Roman Empire nobody in the territories of the former Greek city-states referred to themselves as Greek and definitely not by any sovereign city-state identity, they were Romans, that was all. That is why I said the idea of having a 'Greek' identity didn't pop off again until the late modern period, where nationalism became the thing that was in vogue. And no, the Greek city-states never conjured up the idea of a national Greek identity, this is a modern idea.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

@@Hybrid980 Tell that to the Persians.

@Awakeningspirit20 Жыл бұрын

One of the times in history where the good guys lost... the results unspeakable. He was right to call them animals with what they did to the people of that city and empire in the days, weeks, centuries thereafter. The more I learn about the Ottoman Empire the more disgusted I become; I really can't see why people think of it so highly. Even the Sultan himself lived a horrible life, in danger always, forced to kill family for power.

@SonofSethoitae Жыл бұрын

The Byzantine Emperors were particularly good at killing family for power. The Palaiologos dynasty in particular spent more time killing each other than they did fighting the Ottomans.

@dopejoel 11 ай бұрын

@@SonofSethoitaestill tame compared to ottomans

@mihailomilenkovic6382 11 ай бұрын

@@SonofSethoitaeThey weren't taking children of age 3 or lower to make them janisarys, or molesting people of conquered lands

@kimphilby7999 11 ай бұрын

As long as the Ottomans conquered new "infidel" countries, they looted the property of the inhabitants and lived well. When that stopped and they had to work, they turned to lazy tyrants. They started the cruel oppression and brutality. Sultan Mahmud II's ,who dissolved the janissaries,uncle Selim III, wrote: "the whole state is broken, the officials go to work at noon, the judges are bribed by the rich and the poor are never justified, the State coffers are empty. I would eat dry bread if that was the way to save the state." They murdered him, because he wanted to bring progress to a corrupt, and why not, perverted empire...

@SonofSethoitae 11 ай бұрын

@@mihailomilenkovic6382 Are we pretending that the Byzantines didn't employ thousands of foreign and native eunuchs as servants?

@jackson4162 19 күн бұрын

Europeans should have been ashamed of themselves for not sending support

@DancingMcMurphy 4 ай бұрын

RIP

@sholehartofwar3 Жыл бұрын

He was a great emperor, he led the defense of the city of Constantinople well to the last drop of blood, you and all your troops,Has fallen with the fall of constantinople and your country of Rome.

@tasosk790 11 ай бұрын

The holy city fell to the barbarians....

@Roland.Deschain 10 ай бұрын

You mean back in 1204 by filthy crusaders.

@tasosk790 10 ай бұрын

@@Roland.Deschain they left in just a few years.... The other barbarians stayed and destroyed the city

@Roland.Deschain 10 ай бұрын

@@tasosk790 Nah. It already been destroyed by crusaders, nothing lootable thing left. So they Ottos coquered and make it better one. You just think emotional because you're a Greek.

@tasosk790 10 ай бұрын

@@Roland.Deschain made it a better one???? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The whole ottoman empire was still in the dark ages while the west was in the Renaissance.... Stop wearing turkish glasses

@Roland.Deschain 10 ай бұрын

@@tasosk790 Yeah, dark ages. You're in dark ages while you control all Balkans, Middle east and north Afrika lol. You know what that a lot of smiley emojies mean? It means "i cant make an argument but i'm angry" :)

@aetius7139 11 ай бұрын

Emperor Constantine palaliogos prefer to die like a man, sword in hand. Than live like a dog. Hes up there with 300 spartans in my book. His name will be remembered as the last emperor of byzantine who died defending the city rather than flee.

@Clearwood_ 10 ай бұрын

Byzantine? This takes place in 1453 there were no "Byzantines" alive during this time. The last time any could call themselves "Byzantine" was in 330 before the name was changed.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

@@Clearwood_ You know what he was referring to. Byzantion was the original name of Constantinople before it was refounded as Nova Roma.

@Clearwood_ 3 ай бұрын

@@Ghaztoir Re-read my comment again. I did address this. My comment still stands correct. Byzantium was no more after the year 330.

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 14 күн бұрын

@@Clearwood_dude, endonyms and exonyms exist for a reason. Linguistics is an active field of study and shit like this is why manh people laught at enthusiasts as being "Romaboos". If you understood their point with the context given don't be a bitch about the language used. You wouldn't want to have to use a different alphabet everytime you mentioned the names of Medieval China, Feudal Japan, Persia, Jerusalem, or Ancient Egypt now would you?

@Clearwood_ 14 күн бұрын

@@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 "Don't be a bitch" I hope you don't talk to people like this in real life because one day you're going to find out the painful way. Ok so that's a lot of words just to say you're wrong and enjoy revisionist history. I'll dumb this down and keep it simple for you. The city of Byzantion has a long history long before Rome even showed up that gets overshadowed because of a German historian trying to legitimize the Kaiser der Römer over the Kayser-i Rûm. Hieronymus Wolf published his book Corpus Historiae Byzantinae in 1557 which got this all started. Then later on the Sun King Louis XIV of France further built upon the earlier work of Wolf to publish a larger Corpus Historiae Byzantinae in 50 volumes. Because of this updated publication the term Byzantine became the modern name used for the Roman Empire. Maybe you should learn actual history before you pop off about things you clearly don't understand. Have a good day.

@jrexx2841 3 ай бұрын

Titanic: where girls cried Fall of Constantinople: where *men* cried

@stillbrian9448 11 ай бұрын

Byzantine empire better than Ottoman. Never forget

@MrRamazanLale2 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@The_Last_White_Man 9 ай бұрын

Revenge will be ours!

@The_Honcho Жыл бұрын

“Whatever you do don’t…dont CRYYAHHHHH”

@DanielStivenPradera 9 ай бұрын

¡ CONSTANTINOPLE IS GONNA BE GREEK AND CHRISTIAN AGAIN ! 🇬🇷☦️🇨🇾 Don't you ever think current world map is gonna stay like looks today for ever. We Greeks are gonna recover our Lands in the name of our Lord JesusChrist ☦️💪🏻

@yigitalpan6247 8 ай бұрын

🤡

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

You need a competent army first. With competent officers, supplies, and logistics to carry those supplies all the way to Constantinople.

@igorlopes7589 9 ай бұрын

One of the most sad days of human history. May Constantinos XI Palaiologos and the Roman Empire in the East be remembered forever. Do not be sad that it ended, be happy that it happened.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

Why not both?

@Lioness-of-Italy 7 ай бұрын

I sultani scappano.. gli imperatori romani restano.. Roma Invicta.. Roma Æterna… 🦅✝️☦️

@user-nv5ve9ld7t 6 ай бұрын

The last Roman… and so it ended.

@yuwan 20 күн бұрын

Meanwhile their western Christian brothers and sisters are watching this final moment of the Roman Empire without offering any assistance.

@LeonardBello-cq3yq 16 күн бұрын

Why would they? The Eastern Christians did the Massacre of Latins which saw the end of Latin/Orthodox Relations.

@jmanjman2685 7 ай бұрын

I still think the 4th crusade was the main reason the eastern roman empire fell. It was never fully able to bounce back after that. The Ottomans just took advantage of a weakened empire.

@s3v3n3 4 ай бұрын

So the Roman Empire still would've been alive if it weren't for the false emperor, the Pope.

@morsecode980 7 ай бұрын

I like to imagine if Constantine XI reigned over Rome at its territorial height, he would’ve been one of the greats, among the likes of Trajan or Marcus Aurelius.

@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729 10 ай бұрын

I understand why the Ottomans wanted Constantinople. But the way they hunted down every Roman enclave to destroy the last part of the Roman empire was cruel. If Mehmed was truly an admirer of Caeser and Augustus, he would have at least vassalised one small part of Corinth or Trebizond just to keep the Roman empire alive so that some small part of the world could call themselves Roman.

@Kostas-kp1pq 10 ай бұрын

Mehmed was half Greek , it was not about nationalities back then , it was Muslims against Christians , In the Quran their "prophet" commanded Muslims to conquer Constantinople

@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729 10 ай бұрын

@@Kostas-kp1pq Not the Quaran. If memory serves, It was not even a hadith. It was a vague dream that Osman allegedly had. It was not just Islam Vs Christianity. The conquest of Constantinople did not simply create an Islamic form of the Roman empire. When Mehmed took the title Caesar of Rome, he did not pass it to his successors and it was not equal to his title of sultan. Nor did he adopt any significant Roman institutions or customs. His empire did not become the Roman empire and Constantinople was renamed Istanbul. Look at it whatever way you wish, but the Ottomans destroyed every last vestige of Eastern Rome leaving only ruins. The Ottomans were not like the Germanic barbarians who wanted to exist as part of Rome. Nor were they like Constantine who fought in a civil war under a new religion for Rome. The Ottomans were a foreign empire that destroyed an enemy empire and annexed their lands.

@Kostas-kp1pq 10 ай бұрын

@@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729 I agree , they wanted to enslave Christian populations , in the name of Allah . They were clever enough though to understand that Greeks and the other Christian people they conquered were more advanced . Turks were sheep herders living in tents .They did not have any kind of civilization. The Ottomans relied on Greek Byzantine and Persian civilization so to build their empire. Anyway Mehmed could not transform , a turkic uncivilized muslim people to Romans . It was impossible . Even today Turks say that they are part of Europe , a short trip to Turkey will easily convince you for the opposite

@thedonkey6704 9 ай бұрын

@@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729Mohamed had a prophecy that said he would take Constantinople. Islam would take Constantinople. It’s why so many Islamic attacks happened on it

@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729 9 ай бұрын

@@thedonkey6704 That wouldn't be right that would mean Mohammed was wrong about him taking it. Otherwise if there was a prophecy that Islam would take it that would be pretty accurate. Also oddly specific. Are there any cities like Rome that were prophesied to be conquered by Islam but obviously weren't?

@DesiRockMetal 9 ай бұрын

That's it? No wonder why they lost the war.

@MG-om3nl 10 ай бұрын

Constantine founded it. Constantine lost it. Constantine will reconquer it.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

And what army will Constantine have to reconquer it? Because the state of Greece's military is shameful. All of the Eastern orthodox Balkan countries would have to be united for it to work.

@nicholashutfluss3271 Жыл бұрын

With the current state that Europe is in, we need leaders like Constantine XI to remind Europeans who they are, who they were and what will happen to them if they do not stand resolute and defend their history, culture and traditions. With parents hailing from the Netherlands and Belgium, I am proud to identify as one of European stock. I think of my grandfathers who fought in WWII to defend their countries from those who sought to destroy their homelands. History is but again repeating itself. The deeds of Constantine will never be forgotten.

@zippyparakeet1074 Жыл бұрын

The Romans gave up their lives trying to save Europe from the scourge of Islam. It is time Europe honored Rome and lot let its legacy be lost to these hordes. They already took the city of Constantine the Great, the Queen of cities. Let them not take the rest of Europe.

@tgducsfdifxdt4533 11 ай бұрын

First quit corn

@-Blast 11 ай бұрын

Lmao what a cringy comment. Delete that shit man. You know the Eastern Roman Empire fell into a irreversible decline due to the sack of Constantinople by the Catholic crusaders (their fellow “europeans”) right ? At least try to read a history book before spilling nonsense.

@mamacoloco7285 11 ай бұрын

Homie Constantine would see you as a barbarian germanic dog💀

@trevornorfolk3103 11 ай бұрын

@@tgducsfdifxdt4533yeah, first step which they will always fail.

@TheGreekDream43 10 ай бұрын

They did go out with a bang 50.000 Turkish Casualties When the Greeks were less then 8.000

@MrRamazanLale2 9 ай бұрын

Since 1453😂😂😂

@el_chico1313 10 ай бұрын

imagine hearing that constantine, augustus and ceasar are watching

@COMMENTOR1313 8 ай бұрын

Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire WILL RISE AGAIN!!!

@bavariancarenthusiast2722 3 ай бұрын

Yeah sure mate - in AI movies

@PELLIOTIS Ай бұрын

Oh boy, you are in for a spectacle

@constantius4654 Жыл бұрын

Eastern Christendom tragically lost Constantinople in 1453 AD but Islam then lost Granada to Western Christendom in 1492. After that Western Christendom founded dozens of new countries and many hundreds of new cities across four continents while Islam has done virtually nothing new to this day: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Wellington, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Lagos, Cape Town to name but a few. The fall of the long decaying city of Constantinople to the Ottomans was a lot less serious for the West that it would have seemed in 1453.

@elv045 Жыл бұрын

@@CatholicCrusader__30 Constantinople is invade to fulfill prophecy muslims hve much better cities than Constantinople in the medieval time

@maisa5943 10 ай бұрын

Three of those continents were easy to conquer, thanks to lack of immunity from the natives to Old World disease. The fourth one, Africa, also has a very rich Islamic history predating even the arrival of the Europeans.

@craig7405 10 ай бұрын

@@maisa5943 islam didnt reach africa until the 7th century. rome controlled all of north africa until the end of the 3rd quarter of the 5th century. christianity was in africa long before islam was

@FishDish159 10 ай бұрын

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

@stargazer-elite 11 ай бұрын

I’m not religious I just appreciate the greatness of the Roman Empire and it makes me tear up every time I think about the fall of Constantinople the final day of the empire ONE DAY THE GLORIOUS EMPIRE SHALL RETURN AND LIBRATE THE WORLD OF BARBARIANS I PROMISE YOU THIS 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇹🇬🇷 Love to Rome from your grandchildren nation of America

@alessandrolarroca5386 10 ай бұрын

@bvillafuerte765 Viva España, lo peor es que el rey tiene el título.

@twenty_four24. 10 ай бұрын

This speech has obviously done its job on you calm down

@anderskorsback4104 10 ай бұрын

Interesting. What would such liberation mean in practice e.g. for the 15 million Turkish citizens living in the Istanbul area?

@JimLink 10 ай бұрын

@@anderskorsback4104that finally they could live happy and free in a democracy.

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 9 ай бұрын

Liberate the World? Bro America is already the closest thing to the Roman empire, and the world needs liberty from you guys lol.

@Juan-qu4oj Жыл бұрын

Makes me want to fight

@mbdulka 10 ай бұрын

Islam wasn't a 1000 years old in 1453 ... maybe 500 years old.

@johngurlides9157 10 ай бұрын

Over 800

@mbdulka 10 ай бұрын

@@johngurlides9157 Ah yes correct, thank you. Still not a 1000 though 😉👍🏻

@RubenDeanda-lb9wr 10 ай бұрын

Constantine 11 was indeed a great man, commander and personally a brave and talented warrior but his fate was written from the beginning, he almost convinced the Cristians to go and help but the diference between Greeks and other catolics was to great it was a shame such a great man died so early.

@slash891 9 ай бұрын

So the Catholics were pathetic cowards, quibbling over insignificant differences. If they would have helped the battle may have ended differently.

@zhouwu 11 ай бұрын

I'm impressed how good his English is. I always thought his speech would all be Greek to me. But there you go!

@coolstorybrooooo7643 10 ай бұрын

nah its a crap language. English better.

@dewd9327 10 ай бұрын

@@coolstorybrooooo7643 found the TORK

@Davian_Thule 10 ай бұрын

@@coolstorybrooooo7643 kebabinio spotted

@bdleo300 10 ай бұрын

@@coolstorybrooooo7643 Greek - language of Plato and Aristotle. Turkish - language of... a donkey.

@clivepilusa7734 11 ай бұрын

The actor ate that script

@mtango9985 3 ай бұрын

Their would be no mighty Turkey without the Greeks and no mighty Greece without the Turks! We exist only to make each other better!!!

@kaneis915 10 ай бұрын

But Constantine did not built the city from dust...the city was built since 7th century b.C. from Vyzas of Megara so it was called Vyzantion...

@samilturnali3875 7 күн бұрын

spot-on ....👍👍

@julianruiz1248 Жыл бұрын

The last Romans go out in true Roman fashion. As soldiers fighting to the bitter end

@rogersmith8386 10 ай бұрын

A true legend ❤

@localneo-graphic4647 7 ай бұрын

Worth noting that he has the chance to surrender the city peacefully in exchange for a safe life of quiet, but opulent and safe luxury. This is what he chose.

@Ghaztoir 3 ай бұрын

Honored the Spartans with his sacrifice.

@PELLIOTIS Ай бұрын

The irony is we get to see what happens when you surrender to them with the case of the empire of Tribizond. The Komnenians surrendered to the ottomans. Their nobility was moved to Constantinople, kept for few years as birds in golden cage and then killed for nobody to remember.

@JudgerBocchi 11 ай бұрын

600.subscriber

@almightybogza Жыл бұрын

Roma Invicta !

@granducatoditoscana5112 Жыл бұрын

Roma aeterna!

@vadagane8108 Жыл бұрын

The guy who play as a Roman Emperor is Turkish actor

@granducatoditoscana5112 Жыл бұрын

@@vadagane8108 💀

@almightybogza Жыл бұрын

@@vadagane8108 Thats pretty ironic but hey who cares about nationalities in the modern age right. I am sure nobody hates another for being a different nation these days.. right ? /s

@fatih.r Жыл бұрын

The person who made the Roman empire history was Mehmet the Conqueror. I wanted to remind you :)

@theozimerman7726 24 күн бұрын

Is Charles Dance the narrator?

@constantius4654 Жыл бұрын

The return of the Byzantine empire and its capital Constantinople to Christian rule is a dream and a goal that can never be put aside. The Ottomans wrecked the pre-existing rich and diverse cultures of Anatolia, replacing them all with a stilted and monochrome Islam. Constantinople was a Christian city for 1,100 years but since has fallen under the shadow of Islam during the past 570 years - barely more than half the time of Christian rule. Thus, there is always a prospect of a reversal during this century and beyond.

@shelbyspeaks3287 Жыл бұрын

The irony of history will play out like this... the romans murder christ - they become the biggest christian worshippers, germanics are hated by BOTH romans and christians - they make the holy roman empire/ become the biggest advocates in north america EVENTUALLY when all is said and done with the middle eastern conflicts between america and islam the US will adopt an *islamised puritanism* and retake constantinople through it...

@gokayozturk7198 Жыл бұрын

Cope. There wont be no reversal or shit e*ropean

@aceshotz5051 Жыл бұрын

Sure but unfortunately that will never happen, the city was converted long ago, plus the population of Istanbul alone exceeds Greece. As cool as it would be for Istanbul to be a Christian city again, it will never happen. At least they were nice enough to leave the Haiga Sofia alone

@Terzilla Жыл бұрын

@@gokayozturk7198 blud censoring european

@MT-ww7ju 11 ай бұрын

@@gokayozturk7198there won't be ottoman again so stop dreaming about it