A vivid history of the once-capitol of the Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople. From its foundation as the city of Byzantium to the selection of the Emperor Constantine as the "New Rome" to its agonizing fall in 1453 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, the Short History of Constantinople is an energizing, essential look at the evolution of one of the most important cities that ever existed.
A vivid history of the once-capitol of the Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople. From its foundation as the city of Byzantium to the selection of the Emperor Constantine as the "New Rome" to its agonizing fall in 1453 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, the Short History of Constantinople is an energizing, essential look at the evolution of one of the most important cities that ever existed.