The Fall of Constantinople, 573 Years Later: What Really Happened

The Fall of Constantinople, 573 Years Later: What Really Happened In 1453, a 21-year-old Sultan achieved what no army had done for 800 years. He destroyed the Theodosian Walls and ended the Roman Empire. The Fall of Constantinople was not just the fall of a city - it was the final death of Rome itself, an empire that survived for over 2,200 years. How did the mighty Byzantine Empire fall? How did Mehmed the Conqueror use the largest cannon ever built to break walls that had stopped Attila the Hun and the Arab Caliphates? In this documentary, we cover the full story of the Siege of Constantinople, from the ghost empire of Byzantium to Orban's giant bombard, the overland movement of Ottoman ships into the Golden Horn, and the last stand of Constantine XI, the last Roman Emperor. This is the true story of how the Middle Ages ended and the Age of Exploration began.