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1453, a year that marked the end of an era
With one city's fall, a shift from Medieval to Modern
Constantinople, a name etched in time
For a thousand years, stood strong and sublime

Against foes that dreamed to take her down
She persisted, unbroken, a true crown
But tonight, everything changes
Guns fired, women weep, men yell in ranges

Praying to God for a savior's grace
To rescue their city, to restore its place
In history's twist, God answered their plea
Sending a new emperor, the one they'd need

Antonius, born of the seas
To lead the Romans, a new destiny
To reach another pinnacle of might
And end the city's terrible plight

1453, a year that will forever divide
Medieval and Modern, with a fallen city as the divide
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AD1453, as the city of Constantinople prepares for its final fate, a pirate captain and crew sailed into the golden horn, history made an abrupt turn from this point onward....

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1453: Revival of Byzantium

"O miserable Romans, why will ye abandon the truth? and why, instead of confiding in God, will ye put your trust in the Italians?"

-  Fall In the East — The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Chap 68

Giovanni's tactics did show some effect, as more and more Thomas' men started coming out of their hideouts in the church and surrendered to the rebels, gulping down buckets after buckets of fresh water.

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