What is the name of this byzantine emperor?

>>2727604
Bump

Constantine XI, the last one of them all. An immensely capable man, but fate seemed to shit on him at every turn.

>>2727674
Why did he dress like that?

He dressed different from other byzantine emperors, he dressed like romans/greeks before Christianity

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>>2727724
It's just a romanticised depiction meant to evoke his status as the last Roman Emperor, in real life he probably dressed like any other late Byzantine emperor would have

>>2727674
Basically this
>first wife dies giving birth to a still born
>second wife dies giving birth to a still born
>gets rejected by the third woman he tried to mary
>tries to build a wall in Moria
>Ottomans destroy it
>becomes emperor
>rules well
>Ottomans show up, ready to capture Constantinople
>the Venetians refuse to help
>Constantine personally thanks the ragtag band of misfits who come to help defend
>the walls fall
>he decides to die fighting
>centuries later, meme lords on a Ugandan basket weaving forum call him a coward