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

and father of the old man’s infant heir), some usurpers (one of whom actually managed to capture Constantinople, causing Zeno to decamp for a time to a far off province), conspirators, tribal ...

Coming to the throne in 1451 at 19, Mehmet quickly proved himself brutal and treacherous, brilliant and talented. Taking Constantinople in 1453, and thus ending the thousand year old Byzantine state, ...