Reign of Constantine XI Palaiologos
1449–1453 · Event
Last Roman emperor; killed defending the walls of Constantinople against Mehmed II's army.
On these timelines: Rome: Emperors, Fall of Constantinople, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Roman History, Master
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