The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Byzantium was known as the richest and most prosperous empire ... well defended as well - in the early medieval period, Constantinople built some of the heaviest walls of all of Mediterranean Europe.

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

Among the existing ruins, which include a theater, basilica, and ancient market, they discovered a remarkable statue of a youth embedded in the walls of a newly uncovered building, along with ...