Theodosian Land Walls of Constantinople - Lars Brownworth

Lars walks Theodosian II's land walls of Constantinople.

[@PzVIE43]

Constantine XI led the charge like history says. Dressed like a normal soldier. A true way to go for a warrior Emperor.

[@ErnestJay88]

"Better die as an Emperor than surrender like coward" Constantine Palailogos

[@josephstalin2138]

@@ErnestJay88 eh he died a coward, only reason they didn't lose from the start was the mercenaries

[@gamingthisera6339]

@@josephstalin2138 how exactly is that considered cowardly?

[@gamingthisera6339]

@Cheyenne Cheyenne history will remember his desperate for glorious name by conquering a dying cities, the ottoman broke almost every promises they made with the ERE

[@ssiipp7848]

@@josephstalin2138 How the f did Constantine XI die a coward?

[@Juak05]

Constantine XI, truly a brave soul who gave his life up for his city, constantinople, new rome, however you want to call it . Whatever side you're on, you cannot deny his choice of leading the last stand, dressed in regular soldier armor rather than any fancy emperor dress, and sharing his last moments with his brothers in arms. Long live the emperor of rome and its people. Ave imperator.

[@TheJaviferrol]

These babies made Rome survive for an extra 1000 years. Major respect

[@prateeksharma6706]

Thanks to them Europe is not muslim right now

[@jarostyx2177]

If not for Crusaders deciding to loot and pillage their hosts when they were invited to stay in Constantinople, the Byzantines would be around today

[@issith7340]

And will again

[@tarekj5951]

@@issith7340 impossible

[@issith7340]

@@tarekj5951 all big things are impossible

[@murattiambassador9854]

it's sad and depressing I hope we can restore the entire walls

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Sadly I believe such acts are illegal as it could damage the structures more, hence why it hasnt been done with ancient Rome neither

[@footduck6681]

@Catherine H. restore the walls, so what if he's turkish

[@eyeofsauron8613]

murat m I hope you guys can restore them too they are a wonderful feet of engineering

[@derrickdamewood2596]

They’re still standing after Attila so I think they have done their job.

[@footduck6681]

@Catherine H well the goals wasn't to "destroy the wall" so destroying the wall was a *way* of conquering the castle, not the reason to do so, this means the conquerer might as well use the castle his own and repair the walls

[@markheithaus]

I was just there and it was SOOOOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe that I got to go!

[@ironmantis25]

the turkish goverment really need to repair these magnificent walls.

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

This imposibble

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror hung your government before..

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

and ATATURK poured you into the sea

[@kaan2716]

@Ekaterina Heridis Alright, "ekaterina". Gth outta here. That's nobody's business but the Turks.

[@kaan2716]

Ekaterina H fuckin ignorant illiterate. Just propagandas, nothing else.

[@syedarslan9599]

Came here after watching Ottoman Rise of Empire

[@anders94]

For those interested, here's the link on Netflix www.netflix.com/title/80990771

[@pinoyislander03]

Same here 😄

[@winterwrenn]

I just started watching the ottomans! So cool

[@Jenn4One]

Me too!

[@brober]

Thanks for posting Mr Brownworth. I will be in Istanbul soon and have always wanted to walk the legendary walls of Constantinopolis. Very informative.

[@muhammadraees9358]

@@Evianosasuna I think I just wanna follow the sunnah of prophet Muhammad, I would call it as Constantinople.

[@zimbawe01]

​@@Evianosasuna"yes istanbul"🤓🤓

[@unstoppable-ar3292]

wow this is amazing! I actually just visited the walls the other day..I wish I had a guide to show me around, I just walked around randomly appreciating the history of the great byzantine empire

[@anders94]

A body was found with purple boots and eagle decorations. But when Mehmed had the head displayed it failed to impress those who had known Constantine in life. The sultan was desperate to have the body to demoralize the Byzantines and the fact that he quickly gave up on this body is revealing.

[@TheAsheerkhan]

Constantine left the battlefield after his commander was wounded and left.when you guys would start to assert it

[@warrrior1557]

@bk cross dont doubt him you dumbass, he was there when it happened

[@buzzzarts]

It is quite biased to make such a clear statement, although there is no certain information on what happened, but there are a few opinions of course according to most reliable and objective encyclopedias. And to add more, I've never come across anything like your statement.

[@dubon6372]

Thank you for this video, you showed the locations where the battles happened, only video I have found that explains this. Someday I will visit and get a guide to learn everything about that !magnificent place. Greetings from Texas.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

debt is the money of slaves, silver is the money of lords, gold is the money of kings walls is the money of emperors

[@gabrielcanario1368]

I really enjoy your work Lars, can you tell us why no one has made a full documentary where you narrate it and go to the Byzantine sites around the world explaining them?? I think it deserves more than a 3 minute video and Rise of Ottomans. I am certain that the interest is there.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Much respect to the legacy of the GREAT Constantinople. Withstood enemies on ALL fronts for over 1100 years.

[@raidantarctica7551]

Thanks 🙏

[@Helljumper91]

If cannons hadn't been used, I doubt the walls of the city would ever have been breached.

[@raptoras1983]

Τhe loss of Constantinople was a great loss for the orthodox and especially for us Greeks we still mourn the loss of the city believe it or not!

[@Internume]

Same for us Italians.

[@mevlanisufi2100]

Constantinopole was a roman city build in 395 AD by a roman emperor. It was never a greek. Nice try though.

[@mevlanisufi2100]

The people of Constantionopole called themeselves romans and their empire "Roman empire", they didn't even call it "Eastern Roman empire" but "Roman Empire". *Michael* *Kritovoulos* who was a civil servant and witnessed himself the fall of Constantionopole wrote a diary describing the fall of the city. In all cases he refers the citiziens of Constantinopole as *romans* , he didnt mention anywhere what's so ever the word "greeks". Here is an example of what he wrote in his diary "Now the *Romans* and Giustinianni, seeing the City wall so severely battered and damaged by the guns, both within and without, extended great beams from above the wall, and let down bales of wool on ropes, and placed with them other similar things so as to break the force of the stone balls as much as possible and lighten the effect."

[@WaWa-zb8bl]

Mevlan Isufi dude, chill. the city was first a megaran colony called byzantion, and then became a roman city under Emperor Constantine and renamed Constantinople. Then yes, it was the successor to Rome and the inhabitants were Romans

[@WaWa-zb8bl]

Gregorio_S I know, the Megarans were Greek

[@z-k7673]

Are these walls renovated or in same stones

[@98bigbutt]

I'd like to visit to that city one day.

[@moanbane5]

nice help going there this week thank you

[@stelios-1821]

You could have shown the gates and parts a bit better and for a few seconds more.

[@stelios-1821]

Long live the Emperor !

[@footduck6681]

He died

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

I'm sorry fatih sultan mehmet took off your head

[@rendiar.mp4]

@@footduck6681 lmao😂

[@jasperpluk]

@@yorumsuzyorumcu8584 Mehmet the second was basically a power hungry teen with just lucky circumstances... he almost failed several times at taking the city in 1453...

[@mirzahoorahmad8423]

If contantine accepted Mehmets advice that Ships can also walk, the History of Constantinople would have been something different.

[@myperspective5091]

Do know if any parts of the moats are still there?

[@anders94]

Yes, the moats were just outside the outer walls - between where you see the second lower wall and the road in the video. You can see where the moats were in this pic from Wikipedia: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Byzantine_Constantinople-en.png

[@ibrahimbey8749]

Hi I have a question does the city of Istanbul still have walls in this time to protect the city or not?

[@anders94]

While the walls are largely still there, they don't protect the city. All the gates are open and several large roads cross it as well.

[@700gsteak]

Modern cities don't use walls for protection anymore because of the huge differences wars are conducted nowadays.

[@kamion53]

I am more surprised the walls were not completey demolished when the city outgrew the boundery, like so many city walls were demolished in the 19th century. You could build a complete new city with the material harvested from the walls. Or used for a new style of defense adapted to the use of cannons.

[@raidantarctica7551]

More videos please

[@kamion53]

Did the Ottomans leave the walls in their ruined state after they conquered the city? and did they not restore and maintain the defensive construction of the walls? I assume the walls lost their defensive function when Constantiniye extended its urbanisation beyond the walls and that was probably early 20th century. then neglect and harvesting of building material took in. I would like to see a topic of the history of the Theodosian Walls from 15th to 21th century. Could explain the state they now are in, nl that of a messy monument.

[@tedpreston4155]

I'm curious about that as well. After adopting Constaninople as the Ottoman capital, I would have thought the Ottomans would restore the walls for their own defense.

[@bar1825]

@@tedpreston4155 they restored the walls after conquest but not for its defensive function. They did restore to control the city better. Ottoman usually forbid people to move to city. They even taxed peasants who let their farm untouched.

[@bairdrew]

i do not think you realise how much money that would cost....

[@rudman97]

I think I have heard him in the Netflix series "Rise of empires: Ottoman".

[@anders94]

Yep, that's right. Its streamable on Netflix now. www.netflix.com/title/80990771

[@gregorflopinski9016]

‘’The city has fallen, and I am still standing’’ - Constantine XI

[@isaacadkins2344]

Doesn't mean anything... he lost lmao

[@nikiforos7145]

He was real hero.he did not escape.

[@zimbawe01]

​@@isaacadkins2344 yes he Lost like a chad to an coward empire like the ottoman

[@yaboyed5779]

These walls were what made Rome last another 1000 years. To think they were built by a PRAETORIAN prefect

[@ammourmohamed1549]

Thanks for this video but how I can go from sultanahmed

[@anders94]

I don't know what you are asking. Do you mean how can you go TO Sultanahmet?

[@ammourmohamed1549]

Anders Brownworth I mean I'm from sultanahmed so how I can go to this wall?

[@anders94]

Aah - now I understand. The first part was shot here: www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B059'48.9%22N+28%C2%B055'17.1%22E/@40.9969343,28.9126743,5860m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d40.9969195!4d28.921429 And the reconstructed walls are somewhere around here: www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B000'51.7%22N+28%C2%B055'19.8%22E/@41.0143784,28.9134163,5858m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d41.0143633!4d28.9221715

[@ammourmohamed1549]

Anders Brownworth thanks 😊

[@akbrahma7739]

The Islamic conquest of Constantinople was a blessing in disguise. If Constantinople never fell, then Europeans wouldn't have gone across the world in boats to create and amass the wealth and glory they did. In fact just 200 years after the fall of the eternal city, Constantinople the New York of it's day became just another city coz the Europeans channelled the trade to India and the Far East through Africa. And this status remains to this day, today Istanbul is not even the capital of Turkey, it just acts as a chokepoint for Russian expanionism and nothing else.

[@gjergjcamaj5770]

@Khairiyah Abd Rahman bro what are you saying. the ottoman empire could care less about religion, and same goes for Turkey. Religion is dying across all nations as countries become modernized and their new gods are technology and social media

[@gjergjcamaj5770]

@Khairiyah Abd Rahman no Islam is being diluted as well. In america muslims will drink alcohol, eat pork, and their women act like the rest of western girls, all religions and cultures devolve to capitalistic mindsets of individuality. What's the point of having the a large group of fake followers. Id rather a few strong then many weak.

[@kamion53]

Indeed a blessing in disguise, maybe for the Europeans, but not that much for the inhabitants of the America's or the inhabitants of West Africa, or those of India and Indonesia. But it is a simplification to state tha the fall of Constantinopel triggered the exploration of the Atlantic. The first Portuguese exploration was already in 1415 and was an extention of the Reconquista. And although the Spanish Empire and the Habsburg empire were at war with the Ottomans, the French and Dutch traded with the Ottomans.

[@98bigbutt]

@anders94,Why did the Western European Christians raided the city in 1204?

[@demirdemirbag3194]

There was internal strife in Byzantine Empire. There were two contenders for the position of the Emperor. One of the contenders called for help from the Europeans, and the Venetians took those soldiers from Europe to Constantinople with their ships. They helped the contending royal to become Emperor. After this guy became the emperor, he refused to pay the Venetians for their logistic and fighting help. So, they found a way to enter the city and ravage the place. Sorry for the undetailed version of the story (I do not remember the names of the people in the story), but this is the case.

[@mohamadfauzan4792]

Is that the guy from netflix series rise of empires ottoman

[@anders94]

Mohamad Fauzan Yes, it is

[@febrigesvarghese3831]

No way that is still here

[@joetamaccio9475]

It was Andronicus Ducas Who destroyed Byzantium. And that was 100 years before the END

[@ErmakBrovar]

Greek fire has been forgotten by the year 1204, not to mention 1453.

[@Geoe423]

Amazing tho!

[@mujeer4903]

come here to see you after watching rise of empire

[@issith7340]

I’m wondering why they restored latetly parts of the walls. Turks constantly are trying to deny that constadinople even existed. Lol

[@shaq6976]

No I don’t think they want to deny Constantinople. The Biggest Prove is Literally the Hagia Sophia, they kept it because it was Beautiful and as a Reminder who finally destroyed the „Romans“

[@braconion]

it doest still exists today and called istanbul

[@issith7340]

@@shaq6976 Agia Sofia still exists. It existed before us and will exist after us. That church, gave birth to thousands and thousands of other ones. It canot be destroyed, even if you demolish it. The ongoing status if the building is just making ridiculous; the ones who are using it, as they do. And will eventually prevail, independently of what we say or do. It’s the Agia Sofia, the holly wisdom, so it always prevails.

[@tritonlandscaping1505]

Regalia not insignia. Also the whole oil thing is a myth. They used boiling water. Far more accessible.

[@Geoe423]

Why are they not protecting this site? And the restored parts look terrible.

[@shaq6976]

Well the Walls, like other Ancient structures, are in such Metropolitan Areas that it would be very Costly or just Bad for Citizens to secure and Protect everything. If they tried, it would just choke Istanbul

[@lordsOneSheep]

I wish Constantinople never fell.

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

Its not costantinople its "İSTANBUL"

[@GTAandApplechannel]

YORUMSUZ YORUMCU Rebuilds our Land Wall of Constantinople you Turkish

[@MoaXam]

Now Wait For Gazwa E Hind

[@rajking2620]

Sushil are you indian?

[@demirdemirbag3194]

Well, it did already. Get over it, things take their course.

[@anonanon7235]

It's a shame the government doesn't rebuild it

[@sherrrif.u.s.8184]

Who destroy this wall?

[@anders94]

The Ottomans - Mehmed in particular. Watch "Rise of Empires: Ottoman" on Netflix where Lars helps explain this.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

The fall of Constantinople is one of the most fascinating episodes of history. But who's Lars and who's Anders?

[@anders94]

See 12byzantinerulers.com

[@oktayciftci8333]

costantinople was modern USA of europe at then.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

@@oktayciftci8333 It is so true! And after the fall, Constantinople became today's Turkey.

[@oktayciftci8333]

@@anacletwilliams8315 of course,the event opened new age and closed middle age .

[@anacletwilliams8315]

@@oktayciftci8333 Yes, it did. It marks the end of the dark age in Europe and the start of the dark age for other parts of the planet.

[@WillCarrollHamilton]

do you mean Roman defenders?

[@GTAandApplechannel]

Stefanos Brilakis They’re Rome, They’re Still considers themselves Rome

[@VarangianOblast]

read about the Fourth Crusade.. as to the reasons why. Before that read about the Church political split. Lots of culture differences perhaps between the Roman Empire of the middle ages and the Western Europe?

[@eyeofsauron8613]

Βασιλεύς και Αυτοκράτωρ Αύγουστος και Καίσαρ the ottomans where not wicked

[@kamion53]

@@eyeofsauron8613 They were in fact more tolerant to other religions then the Byzantines had been.

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

It was a civil war among Byzantines. Catholic Church excomunicated the looters. In fact they attacked a Catholic city of Zadar.

[@listenmusicsong4083]

Forgot the constain baby now this is Erdogan Istanbul

[@mastertahoor8bp305]

Yes

[@davidnavratil5349]

I want to travel there. It could have been a Rome of the east today if it wasn't for the savages.

[@LichlordKazam]

+David Navrátil Savages ftw xd

[@augustinedaudu9203]

Lichlord Kazam deus. ZULT

[@GoodGames.]

maarij hassan ottomans

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Catherine H. Why should he take responsibility for something that happened 600 years ago?! Empires, Nations and countries fell to eachother all the time. There are several times where Christianity is the root cause of other cultures going into oblivion or getting ruined. What country do you live in for example? Because I can promise you I could dig up some dirt about your country where they did similar.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Catherine H. Did you for instance know that the Hagia sophia was supposed to be destroyed by the Ottomans as it obviously wouldnt be politically or a symbolic advantae to keep another religions church in your city. Instead when the Ottomans saw the Church they decided it was too beautiful to destroy and so they instead made it into a mosque. Certainly better that we today have it standing than it being a ruin woundbt you agree?

[@ernestomonteiro742]

there is a mistake on how he tell the events, the 7000 defenders where not enough to man the inner, bigger walls. The whole defense was concentrate on the smaller and less impressive, now almost complete ruined outer walls. ( History books ;) )

[@alminjusic2867]

Ah Constantinopolis🥺

[@tanbros98]

y didn't the ottomons repaired those great walls and modify them

[@darcylicious22]

They didn't need to. They had already conquered all the land west of Constantinople. It was to all to be Ottoman territory for the next 400 years.

[@konstantintemelkov380]

@@darcylicious22 actually I think it is because walls were obselite at that point plus your point

[@RoyalDog214]

Who are they going to make to pay their walls?

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

walk on the walls still alive every day

[@blagoevgrad94]

@@RoyalDog214 ahahhh. I see what you did there

[@abe4714]

🇹🇷

[@hikodzu]

Constantinople

[@Shuxa02]

Of course his body was found! They recognize him from his boot with gold two-headed eagle emblem on it, and were buried with full honors by Mehmets order.

[@hristotaushanov5286]

I apologize to the author of this material, but Byzantium does not exist ... this is a Greek fiction from the 18th century. There is an East Roman empire or a Roman Empire.

[@WillCarrollHamilton]

byzantium is the greek name for the city before it become constantinople. but yes the Roman empire

[@eons8941]

The Empire's military and administration were restructured and adopted Greek for official use in place of Latin.Although the Roman state continued and its traditions were maintained, modern historians distinguish Byzantium from ancient Rome insofar as it was centred on Constantinople, oriented towards Greek rather than Latin culture and characterised by Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

[@lowe_sa2976]

This is just another formality. Byzantium Empire = Eastern Roman Empire = Roman Empire. Just to make it easier for historians/researchers to navigate through time periods.

[@peterongan9655]

@@lowe_sa2976 Honestly, historian are just pissed of that the roman empire is divided and the part of the empire that last longer itself weren't even western half but the eastern one which is full of greek speaking people. In 5th century under Justinian the great, the roman empire finally reunited with the city of Rome. Navigating through time periods is a weak excuses for them to call it the "Byzantine", even though the city itself was romanized and later renamed as "Constantinople" for 1000 years. The Ottoman turk I recall, called them "Konstantiniyye" and after 'couple' century later after WW1 call it Istanbul.

[@tiusernamenabalw]

This is true. But it was a predominantly Greek empire after from 7 th century AD (and it’s official language was Greek, not Latin, which is carefully hidden from museums in modern day Istanbul but very much alive in the collective memory of the Turkish people). Till today, Greeks call themselves “Romios”. Furthermore, “Greek” was considered a follower of the old pantheon, which was severely persecuted to extinction by early Byzantine emperors.

[@reactionguychaky123]

Roman:- No body can even dare to touch these walls. Mehmet fatih:- so, lets break it😂

[@syuaibbinsoleh]

LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAH WALLAHU AKHBAR..

[@friedrichhoffmann4248]

This would have never happened if european powers did came to help.

[@jvy012896]

They didnt because catholics and orthodox were rivals back then and the pope wasn't motivated enough to help someone outside of his influence

[@shaq6976]

Well said European Powers did a Big part in destroying the Byzantines so the Ottomans could use the Power Vacuum in the Balkan and then Annihilate Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Poland in 3 wars meant to stop them

[@nikiforos7145]

They sold the constantinspolis.if they would sent some help,they would beat ottomana

[@hoslabara2703]

Osmania Sultanate Capital Istanbul

[@kanaankanaan5522]

After the fall of Constantinople, Russia should play the role of Byzantium in protecting the Orthodox Christians, especially in the Middle East and Egypt.

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

How can a bolshevik hole protect anyone?

[@tarnished3644]

All flattering of your Emperor and Constantine and potraying Turks and Sultan Mehmet 2 really shows how much knwoledge your qualification holds

[@Littlewing1977]

🍌

[@ganikurpali5855]

🇦🇱kostandin o poja

[@Nonamearisto]

If the Spanish could retake Cordoba and Granada...

[@ridoanislam1181]

Long life Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷💗💗💗

[@Shuxa02]

What source are you using, never heard such nonsense. You mean instead throw himself into battle and fight for his country and die for it, he fled? There were only two ways fight for country till the end or run away.

[@konstantintemelkov380]

Where whould he flee to? Entire city was surrounded and there was no way out when he heard that the walls were breached he realized that all hope was lost and he decided to at least die with his solders.

[@yorumsuzyorumcu8584]

Fatih Sultan Mehmet is a great genius. it was impossible for you to win against him

[@sjf8687]

RIP history "" 7000 "" Byzantines soldiers? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@serbianboss3294]

NEVER turgay NEVER!

[@ibrahim0201]

The great Ottoman Empire. ❤️

[@saf1pm]

Tirks took istambul as prophet promised them

[@saf1pm]

@Josiah Victor Igne i wish you a happy day

[@mca7918]

@Josiah Victor Igne butthurt 😂

[@MJones_]

@@saf1pm You just told everybody why your prophet was drunk. You guys conquered CONSTATINOPLE NOT ROME

[@MATHPRO.OFFICIAL]

Long live the Ottoman Turks

[@simonindra3225]

Greeks the most important colture and race on earth.

[@kamion53]

said the father Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding

[@wasiqhussain7712]

i would appreciate if the westeerners start teaching their children the real history. just because you lost doesn't mean you fabricate history with the count of soldiers of byzantines and turks. there can be minor difference in number between turks and byzantines but that huge difference the rationality doesn't accept. european historians have failed to mess history logically. if it that huge difference. this defence wouldn't last for even for a week

[@mohammadrinandi3936]

allahu akbar sultan muhammad al fatih

[@wcxd3880]

@Josiah Victor Igne Agni Parthene 4ever

[@tedpreston4155]

Sigh. Will the children of Abraham never quit hating one another?

[@GULAMOMER]

king of the byzantium never fought.he kılled by hıs royal famıly for hıs treasure.he is buried a graveyard back a church .

[@konstantintemelkov380]

He wasn't a king he was an Emperor

[@longliveturkey7014]

THIS IS ISTANBUL

[@scottdellrobinson]

The Latin garrison were the people who destroyed the western part of Rome who were from Europe.