I present the Theodosian Walls. Storm the walls of Constantinople! [70x56] (free version) (Patreon)

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Some Historical Notes about the importance of the wall

Today we visit together one of the most important defenses in western history. Built in the fifth century, it allowed the Eastern Roman Empire to survive while western Rome was long gone. Enemies often encroached on the land of Byzantium. Huns, Sassanids, Arabs, Rus and many more hostile peoples made it to the walls of Constantionople. But here they all failed.

A wall that held Byzantium for 1000 years even as the power of the great empire slowly eroded. Only when the crusaders attacked the city in the fourth crusade did enemies got into the city. And this only because the crusaders gained access via the harbor and were thus able to carry out their plundering.

It was only in 1453 that the Ottomans, after failing for a long time, found a way to conquer the walls. They used a new weapon on a scale never seen before. Gigantic cannons slowly managed to tear down the walls and hit breaches. But even then the wall was a guarantee that the helplessly inferior defenders could defend in its shadow for a long time until Constantinople finally fell.

Of course, it is too simplistic to say that one building alone changed history, but the importance of the wall to Byzantium's existence cannot be denied. It was only after their fall that the Ottomans could rise to become a true great power. The writings and ideas of the ancient Greeks spread west and east with the fall of Constantinople, eventually leading to a development commonly known as the Renaissance.