Gibbon, Part 15: The Fall of Constantinople and the End of the Roman Empire
We have finally arrived at the last stage of the history of the Roman Empire: the ultimate fall of the…
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Continue Reading →At the end of the 10th century, when Pope Urban launched the first Crusade (1095), the Byzantine Empire had stood firm…
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