1453: The Catastrophe That Ended Rome
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In this latest Conflicted Conversation, historian Anthony Kaldellis of the University of Chicago discusses his new book 1453: The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople.
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Anthony explains:
- Why the ‘Byzantines’ were really Romans
- The Roman state’s extraordinary longevity
- Constantinople’s strategic importance
- The rise of the Ottoman state
- Ottoman slavery, the devşirme, and the janissaries
- Romans, Italians and Turks living side by side
- Venice and Genoa’s role in the East
- Ottoman cannon and the myth of Orban
- Why the siege was not inevitable
- The enslavement and dispersal of the Romans
- How ‘Byzantium’ was reinvented after its fall
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