Start of the Ottoman Conquest of the Morea

Timeline

1. 1458Mistra · LaconiaAfter the fall of Constantinople, the last Byzantine princes Thomas and Demetrios divided the Morea between them, and long fraternal strife weakened its defenses. Mehmed II seized the moment and ordered Ottoman forces to invade the Peloponnese from the north.
2. 1458Arcadia · PeloponneseOttoman forces entered the northern Peloponnese and captured numerous towns and fortresses in the Arcadia region. The Byzantine garrison could not resist, and the Morea's defensive system quickly collapsed.
3. 1458Mistra · LaconiaDemetrios submitted to Mehmed II to preserve himself, while Thomas Palaiologos fled to Italy seeking aid from the papacy and Venice. The 1458 invasion became the starting point of the gradual Ottoman annexation of the Morea; by 1460 the entire peninsula had fallen into Ottoman hands.