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Constantinople After Its Recovery

Type Object Region Byzantine Time 1261–1453

Constantinople after its recovery refers to the Palaiologan capital from Michael VIII's recapture of the city from the Latin Empire in 1261 until its…

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  1. 1261Constantinople · ConstantinopleMichael VIII's general Alexios Strategopoulos slipped into the city through the Golden Horn walls while the Latin garrison was off guard, ending Latin rule and returning the Byzantine capital to the Greeks.
  2. c. 1261–1270Constantinople · ConstantinopleIn the early years after the recovery the emperor repaired walls and palaces and restored church ceremonies; the population slowly recovered from the depression of Latin rule, and the city again became the seat of the Orthodox patriarch.
  3. c. 1300–1400Constantinople · ConstantinopleCivil war, plague, and Ottoman encroachment sharply reduced the capital's population and left the suburbs desolate; in 1348 the Genoese built a tower at Galata, further weakening Byzantine control of strait trade.
  4. c. 1400–1453Constantinople · ConstantinopleDuring Constantine XI's reign the capital became an isolated island; in May 1453 Mehmed II's army breached the Theodosian Walls, and the Byzantine Empire and its millennium-old capital ended on the same day.

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