Was there something that could have been done to save this beautiful

>>130742177
nope

>>130742293
>A legend tells that when the Ottomans entered the city, an angel rescued the emperor, turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought to life again to conquer the city back for Christians.

You just wait motherfucker. You just wait.

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No.

They had to fight several fronts at once

There was the devastating Justinian era plague (as well as the 1300's one)

There was the rise of Islam in the 7th century causing Emperor Heraclitos to abandon half the Empire (everything south of Syria)

The Lombards moved into Roman Italy

Frankia became the Holy Roman Empire with Charlemagne in 800. They (erroneously) claimed to be a legitimate Roman regime

Then there were the Seljuk turks and the shocking defeat at Manzikert. Devastating

Then there was the 1204 Latin occupation which nearly destroyed the Empire. The Angeloi dynasty was one of the Empire's worst

Finally the Ottomans took Constantinople thanks to the invention of the cannon

RIP noble and glorious empire

>>130742942
>1071
>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>1171
>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>1271
>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>1371
>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>1453
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>1553
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>1653
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>1753
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>1853
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>1953
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>2017
>we will take back constantinople, just wait
lol you gonna wait much more, go suck some based black guys in a maga hat while you're on it :DD

>>130743308
Fucking roaches we need to combine and drive them back into the steppes

>>130743308
go have your breakfast before your moon god starts fighting the sun for the day

>>130744240
Give back thessaloniki and Cyprus you land grabbing gypsies. also stop stealing our culture

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>>130743308

>>130744920
Peace be with you, have fun with the kurdish state that is about to be created.

>>130744920
why don't you give back pontos?

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>>130745064
>mfw when %100 white hellenic son of byzantine

>>130742177
Get the Catholics to help it instead of raping it.

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BTFO

>>130742177
>beautiful empire

It was shit. Puting Roman in your name doesn't make you great.

>>130745943

>mfw when

fucking kill yourself

>>130742177
They didn't have enough hashtags and Byzantine flag profile pictures

>>130742177

The Byzantine Empire was nothing like the actual Roman Empire, living standards typically associated with antiquity vanished by the time of Diocletian.

>>130747584

But actually this, holy fuck.

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>>130742177
catholicism

>>130748489
but those assholes actually helped to tear it apart literally shooting themselves in the foot since the Ottomans where a force to be reckon with for the centuries to come.

>>130742177
Daily reminder that there are actual nations in Europe with a majority Muslim population and you communicate with them on a daily basis

>>130748740
They needed some Nossa Senhora de Fátima. Heretics will always fail.

>>130744920
lmao @ weak t*rkey, colony of burgerstan

>>130743308
>>130743308
>>1071
>>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>>1171
>>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>>1271
>>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>>1371
>>we will take back anatolia, just wait
>>1453
>>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>>1553
>>we will be independent, you just wait.
>>1653
>>we will be independent, you just wait.
>>1753
>>we will be independent, you just wait.
>>1853
>>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>>1953
>>we will take back constantinople, just wait
>>2017
>>we will take back constantinople, just wait


We're just grabbing momentum you piece of shit.