Hidden Ruins of Byzantine Constantinople

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  • čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
  • Fragments of Byzantine Constantinople hidden in plain sight.
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    Chapters:
    0:00 Introduction
    1:28 The late Byzantine city
    2:17 The Ottoman city
    3:32 Column of Leo
    4:15 Column of Marcian
    4:50 Forum of Constantine
    5:44 Forum of Theodosius
    6:38 St. Polyeuctus
    7:37 Palace of Antiochus
    8:48 "Botaneiates Palace"
    9:36 Column of the Goths
    10:29 Thessaloniki

Komentáře • 750

  • @AndroqMinoq
    @AndroqMinoq Před 7 měsíci +177

    My jaw dropped when the camera entered that dark window to reveal those columns

    • @afd1040
      @afd1040 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Yeah the Fatih district ( the old İstanbul/Costantinopolis) is filled with those kind of relics of old ages.

    • @TheKingSpartacus
      @TheKingSpartacus Před 2 měsíci +6

      I'm from İstanbul and let me tell you that in İstanbul there is another city under the city.

    • @Badgerlust
      @Badgerlust Před 21 dnem

      It's kinda like Venice Italy

  • @polyglot8
    @polyglot8 Před 7 měsíci +665

    Years ago, while working for a German manufacturer in the automotive industry, I was invited to the Headquarters of Koç, the largest corporation in Turkey. The HQ was a restored Ottoman palace on the Asian side of the Bosporus with a spectacular view of Istanbul across the channel. In the courtyard of the palace and, in fact, all over the grounds, was an extraordinary collection of Byzantine capitals, sculptures, friezes, sarcophagi, architectural fragments, etc.

    • @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733
      @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 Před 7 měsíci +70

      Stolen.

    • @chungusdisciple9917
      @chungusdisciple9917 Před 7 měsíci +87

      @@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 Do you mean the Ottomans stole from the Byzantines? That's usually what happens after a conquest.

    • @kalemegdan6566
      @kalemegdan6566 Před 7 měsíci +17

      Bap bap bap, it's the German occupation of Slavic lands. Look up Sorbes, Wendes and Lusatians.
      They weren't German. Neither was Berlin.

    • @Steuben1978
      @Steuben1978 Před 7 měsíci +43

      ​@@kalemegdan6566Nobody cares.

    • @perfectmazda3538
      @perfectmazda3538 Před 7 měsíci

      well christians stole it first, the leftovers were for ottomans....@@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733

  • @Blackadder75
    @Blackadder75 Před 7 měsíci +585

    For those who want to visit Istanbul, I can recommend going in THIS part of the year (October) when the temperatures are very pleasant and it's not too busy with tourists.

    • @Alexq79-
      @Alexq79- Před 7 měsíci +25

      Same with Rome. Nice and cool and not too busy

    • @MrJeremybowling
      @MrJeremybowling Před 7 měsíci +76

      He doesn't mean Istanbul. He meant Constantinople

    • @remingtonbennett
      @remingtonbennett Před 7 měsíci +20

      Im gonna visit Turkey after I turn 18 and saved enough money by working!! ❤️ I've always been fascinated by this beautiful country!!!

    • @kuduzdoktorhektor
      @kuduzdoktorhektor Před 7 měsíci +16

      Salty@@MrJeremybowling

    • @1Rab
      @1Rab Před 7 měsíci +3

      I have a trip planned for November

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando Před 7 měsíci +94

    *Looks through broken ancient window*
    "Let's see if we can look inside..."
    *Finds Khazad-Dûm*

  • @CAVALIERETEMPLAR
    @CAVALIERETEMPLAR Před 7 měsíci +23

    You forgot some other hidden places
    -Belgrade Gate
    -Altı mermer
    -Forum Arcadius
    -Old Harbour
    -Galata Walls
    -Gül Mosque
    -Zeyrek Cisterns
    and many more. Have to check those too.

  • @sovietz99
    @sovietz99 Před 7 měsíci +97

    Told in Stone always uploads when I’m on the bus home from school. I love watching content right as I get out of history class! Gotta continue History throughout the day!

  • @brick6347
    @brick6347 Před 7 měsíci +34

    It seems increasingly likely that I won't be able to see it for myself for the foreseeable future, so these videos are really quite a treasure. Sigh, maybe one day.

  • @qboxer
    @qboxer Před 7 měsíci +330

    Whilst the vandalism of a two and a half thousand year old city fills me with sadness, I appreciate your video very much.

    • @noleftturnunstoned
      @noleftturnunstoned Před 7 měsíci +21

      By the Venetians?

    • @staywokecuhh
      @staywokecuhh Před 7 měsíci +84

      @@noleftturnunstoned Im not sure if you are trolling or what, but it would be primarily the Turkish population, and secondarily, tourists trashing the archeological sites today. Before that it was the ottomans. And then FINALLY you get to the venetians. You are like a solid thousand years off.

    • @IStevenSeagal
      @IStevenSeagal Před 7 měsíci +15

      @@staywokecuhh Why lie about the Turks?(I know why)

    • @staywokecuhh
      @staywokecuhh Před 7 měsíci +45

      @@IStevenSeagal Lmao who lives in and maintains the structures of that area today?

    • @IStevenSeagal
      @IStevenSeagal Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@staywokecuhh Turks.

  • @tommywolfe2706
    @tommywolfe2706 Před 7 měsíci +38

    1:25 in between each arch in each window they used different stone and different patterns, even making something so simple pop out like that is pretty dang creative! And it still looks beautiful!

  • @gaemlinsidoharthi
    @gaemlinsidoharthi Před 7 měsíci +17

    There is always a crushing sadness at the loss that features in so many of your stories, told in stone. At least we have these few remnants that have not yet been crushed themselves to remember what once was.

  • @teoman2495
    @teoman2495 Před 7 měsíci +59

    As a person who grew up in Istanbul, I really appreciate your videos! If you get the time you should also look at the Roman aqueducts in Kemerburgaz and Gokturk, they are incredible.

  • @Michael_the_Drunkard
    @Michael_the_Drunkard Před 7 měsíci +19

    4:37 the Colossus of Barletta is rumored to be the lost statue of Emperor Marcian

  • @peterrehm490
    @peterrehm490 Před 7 měsíci +8

    You can really let your imagination run wild thinking about what Constantinople must have been like pre-1204. I found a fascinating scholarly journal online about all the relics and such that were destroyed by the Fourth Crusade. The article may have been published by Oxford. I wish I could remember.

  • @Corvinuswargaming1444
    @Corvinuswargaming1444 Před 7 měsíci +10

    Your video made me miss my time living in Istanbul. The fall and winters there are very pleasant and it is a rewarding place for a historian to be.

  • @zhyrhabamadeo9602
    @zhyrhabamadeo9602 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Hi Garrett,
    Thank you for all your amazing videos on Roman history. I also bought both of your books. Keep us posted and thanks again.

  • @basilbrush9075
    @basilbrush9075 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Even though I saw the thumbnail, i was staggered and surprised as the camera adjusted to reveal that wonderful complex of columns through a window on an unremarkable side street. Fantastic work.

  • @oleksiishekhovtsov1564
    @oleksiishekhovtsov1564 Před 7 měsíci +5

    This one really feels like an old-school toldinstone video! Great job Dr. Ryan!

  • @markopalis6065
    @markopalis6065 Před 7 měsíci +11

    Hello toldinstone!
    I have watched all of your videos, and they are very informative.
    I have been to Rome many times, and the last time i was i used one of your videos to locate two roman monuments hidden in plain sight.
    Also i have been to Constantinople two times and i have visited all the Eastern Roman accesible places possible.
    Now one thing i would like from your channel is for you to make a video, showing what was lost in the middle ages in Constantinople, just like the video you did for Rome, explaining especially buildings like the Blachernae Palace, or Grand Palace, and so on.
    That would be an amazing video i would really appreciate, and i guess most of the viewers here too.
    Thank you for the fine job you are doing !

    • @dl5498
      @dl5498 Před 2 měsíci

      why say constantinople. its Istanbul now

  • @SobekLOTFC
    @SobekLOTFC Před 7 měsíci +5

    Keep up the great work, Garrett 👍

  • @ale_s45
    @ale_s45 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Wow, that abandoned place looked beautiful inside

  • @kozmickarmakoala3526
    @kozmickarmakoala3526 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Haghia Sophia and Basilica Cistern were highlights. Chora and the walls were amazing. The view from Topkapi gardens down to the Bosphorus. SIGH !!! Thank you !

  • @SpotTheUnicorn
    @SpotTheUnicorn Před 7 měsíci +10

    8:57 the pan from the dilapidated exterior to the (relatively) intact and intricate interior is wild

  • @RedgeNumber1
    @RedgeNumber1 Před 16 dny

    Visited Istanbul several times and this gives another perspective. Great video!

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks for the presentation, and your new book.

  • @frd.4543
    @frd.4543 Před měsícem

    Spectacular!!!! great video and great content, awesome my friend !!!

  • @SgtJohnRemairez
    @SgtJohnRemairez Před 7 měsíci +27

    I remember seeing a video of the Bald guy going through Afghanistan and when he stopped at the road with the fortress alongside it and talked about the different Armies walking through that road. Ever since I just been wanting to see more of these ancient structures that are part of history. You can really feel the wierd energy coming off these buildings, like you can feel or almost imagine what it must of been like, I feel like it was so much quieter back then.
    I guess I find archeology so fascinating, with Machu Picchu being ontop a mountain and then being overgrown with fauna to not be seen for how long? Makes me wonder what has been swept away by time or eventually buried by dust.

    • @hansvonmannschaft9062
      @hansvonmannschaft9062 Před 3 měsíci

      Sgt, I humbly believe you meant to say: "Overgrown with _Flora."_ Being overgown with Fauna could be an extremely funny way to state that someone was suddenly stampeded by buffalos, and not just that, they also decided to remain on top of the poor fellow until found centuries later 🙂.
      Even then, if my memory serves me well, Machu Picchu was more or less, say, not forgotten. In Mexico however, most of the Aztec and Mayan pyramids were indeed overgrown with Flora, to the point of being considered hills, until discovered and cleaned up. Ps. Oh and sure, along with the Flora comes the Fauna, it's a simbiotic relationship after all 🙂.

    • @SgtJohnRemairez
      @SgtJohnRemairez Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@hansvonmannschaft9062 Flora yes! Also I am confused now?

    • @hansvonmannschaft9062
      @hansvonmannschaft9062 Před 3 měsíci

      @@SgtJohnRemairez No, you shouldn't be confused, it was just a funny mistake of the kind anyone could make 🙂
      And here's a tip: The next time someone tells you: "Must've been Flora, not Fauna", if he's an e-diot (ie, not friendly), you can reply by saying: "Good point! But let's remember that Fauna can be taken for granted, because without Fauna, their pollinating insects, or the seeds contained within larger species' feces, there would never be any substantial Flora!" - And that's it, you shut the dude up. But save this trap for guys who deserve it 🙂 Have a good one Sgt! 😀

  • @kelvyquayo
    @kelvyquayo Před 7 měsíci +46

    I read during the crusader sack.. when they plundered the tombs of the emperors the golden crown of Heraclius still had the hair attached to it when they carried it and the loots back to Venice.

    • @kalemegdan6566
      @kalemegdan6566 Před 7 měsíci

      Sounds like NATO under Biden. Sacking Yugoslavia and Ukraine.

    • @justinian-the-great
      @justinian-the-great Před 7 měsíci +38

      True, true. Another interesting fact is that when they opened the grave of emperor Justinian I his body was still, after almost six and half centuries, basically intact, a thing Orthodox Christians view as a sign of sainthood. Unfortunately Justinian's, Heraclius's and the corpses of so many other emperors were desecrated and destroyed by the Crusaders in order to get the treasures with which they were buried. Truly a sad moment in the history of civilization.

    • @kelvyquayo
      @kelvyquayo Před 7 měsíci +6

      @@justinian-the-great sad and typical..

    • @Miodrag.Vukomanovic
      @Miodrag.Vukomanovic Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@justinian-the-great It's time to pull and OJ and get all our stuff back.

    • @thraciensis3589
      @thraciensis3589 Před 7 měsíci +12

      Crusaders were savage and barbaric to Roman Orthodox Christian Constantinople!

  • @kendavid4386
    @kendavid4386 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I enjoy this channel Garrett Ryan owns a easy tone in his voice thank you Garrett continue producing the videos.

  • @keboonplumeria5266
    @keboonplumeria5266 Před 6 měsíci

    Truly stunning. Just so beautiful.... Classic.... You have the best insights ❤

  • @EchoesofWarYT
    @EchoesofWarYT Před 7 měsíci +1

    Great video!

  • @resatsabuncu3094
    @resatsabuncu3094 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Perfect information thanks.

  • @LeontiusInvictus
    @LeontiusInvictus Před 7 měsíci +2

    Thank you

  • @GregPiche.
    @GregPiche. Před 7 měsíci +14

    Love the content on Byzantine and Constantinople!

  • @777jones
    @777jones Před 7 měsíci +2

    I went there in January. It was a good time to visit.

  • @Kededian
    @Kededian Před 7 měsíci

    Very interesting. Thank you.

  • @dundrumleith
    @dundrumleith Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you. Fascinating.

  • @teachercharlestv
    @teachercharlestv Před 6 měsíci

    Respect for doing this. ❤

  • @karloris6460
    @karloris6460 Před 7 měsíci

    Excellent video :D

  • @MSA
    @MSA Před 15 dny

    Istanbul is just an amazing city... Everything on its older side inspires admiration, peace or beauty

  • @lame-related
    @lame-related Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you so much for posting this. 😊 pleased Subscriber here 👋

  • @ArdaKaraduman
    @ArdaKaraduman Před 3 měsíci +5

    Istanbul is a magical place. All that history, memories, whisper to you. I used to live on the Asian side, and went to school on the European side. I travelled the Bosphorus everyday with a boat. Wherever I go, I miss those days.
    Btw, current municipality has a project to restore the Byzantine Hippodrome. At least partly. There are many riches not presented in this video.

    • @malezyali79
      @malezyali79 Před 3 měsíci

      I have visited Istanbul 8 times and I still want to visit it again and again.

    • @nogaysallowed95
      @nogaysallowed95 Před 2 měsíci

      Constantinople

  • @lcmlcm2460
    @lcmlcm2460 Před 6 měsíci

    Great topic ❤

  • @jimdandy8119
    @jimdandy8119 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Imagine how beautiful it must have been.

  • @yuyutubee8435
    @yuyutubee8435 Před 18 dny +2

    It's incredible to me how much less Roman history can be seen in the Fatih District of Istanbul than in central Rome, despite Constantinople having fallen nearly a millennium after Rome did. The Turks destroyed so much.

  • @optimusprinceps3526
    @optimusprinceps3526 Před 7 měsíci +5

    We wil be going on a month long Mediterranean cruise in December 2023, one of the stops is in Istanbul for 4 days, and also stops in France, Italy, Greece,Greek Islands, Crete, Israel, and Egypt as well.............🌿🙂🌿✌️

    • @tommcallister7647
      @tommcallister7647 Před 7 měsíci +5

      In addition to the Hajia Sophia, Blue Mosque etc., I strongly recommend a visit to the Basilica Cistern. It is an amazing monument to Roman engineering.

    • @optimusprinceps3526
      @optimusprinceps3526 Před 7 měsíci

      @@tommcallister7647 Thank you for the tourist tips, and peace be with you ✌️

    • @voodootrucker1896
      @voodootrucker1896 Před 7 měsíci

      🚛🙂🙂👍 That sounds fun and interesting, mind if we tag along ?

    • @IStevenSeagal
      @IStevenSeagal Před 7 měsíci

      @@optimusprinceps3526 "Israel" I see what you did there.

    • @JackW-sg2vr
      @JackW-sg2vr Před 2 měsíci

      Wow that must have been amazing! Travelling around the Mediterranean on an enormous floating buffet, disembarking for a few hours and then reboarding the buffet ship. You must have really experienced the culture of each destination and had a great view from off shore, as the ship dumped all your slurry into the harbour.

  • @12TribesUnite
    @12TribesUnite Před 4 měsíci

    Oh thanks for you tube to reminding me to subscribe to this channel! Regards

  • @lavaunehurt1721
    @lavaunehurt1721 Před 7 měsíci

    This sounds like a lovely trip to take in the near future😊

  • @margaretash9706
    @margaretash9706 Před 7 měsíci +48

    An amazing place to visit. People, food, sight seeing! It was wonderful as were the other areas of Turkey I visited.

    • @kalemegdan6566
      @kalemegdan6566 Před 7 měsíci +20

      Turkish occupied Greco-Roman Roman Pravo Slav Holy Lands.

    • @yrobtsvt
      @yrobtsvt Před 7 měsíci

      @@kalemegdan6566 Come and take it

    • @hercin86
      @hercin86 Před 7 měsíci

      @@kalemegdan6566 cope with it!

    • @kaankahraman1341
      @kaankahraman1341 Před 7 měsíci +23

      @@kalemegdan6566 Keep crying. Turks have been in Anatolia for nearly 1000 years now. Istanbul is ours for nearly 600 years as well. These lands are 100% Turkish and we aren't going anywhere!

    • @kalemegdan6566
      @kalemegdan6566 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @kaankahraman1341
      Wrong. It's not even 2100 -2200 A.D..
      Your math, just like your history and your culture is off.
      Everything you think is Turkish eas borrowed from Mongols, Persians, Arabs, Phoencians, Greeks, Roman's and "Pravo Slava Vera" [Orthodox Christian Faith.].
      You temporally worship in our Havia Sofia.
      When we come back we will topple the Minaret and other Blasphemous additions tied to a foreign culture. Tied to a foreign faith.
      It is our way to survive, to win and to destroy the evil who try to kill and lie.
      You are merely a vassal of Biden, Destroyer of Yugoslavia and Ukraine. War bringer to the Holy Land.
      He is evil. But he also showed who you are.
      Treacherous, week, servile. And you can't stand on your own two feet without a "Slav" or a "Pravo Slav".
      I don't know who's weaker between you and your olde German foe. You both equally suck when it comes to world domination and trying to subdue a people.
      For over 1,200 my family has witnessed your incompetence.
      We were there when "Car"[Csar: Czar: Tsar: Caesar] Konstantin eliminated the challenges to our "Vera" . 1000 years prior to your stain, we were already the protectors of "Rumelia [Balkans] and Carpathia /Karpata/".
      You're not even a string on the loom. You're not even. A thread of history by comparison.
      You're merely a "Thrall". A willing Thrall. You are a masochist.
      One way or another you will serve, by the looks of your disgusting spineless nature.
      "It is a good day to die".

  • @vickilindberg6336
    @vickilindberg6336 Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you.

  • @Sam_Green____4114
    @Sam_Green____4114 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Near where i live there's a Byzantine church !! Fully intact !!

    • @16876
      @16876 Před 3 měsíci

      where do you live?

    • @Sam_Green____4114
      @Sam_Green____4114 Před 3 měsíci

      @@16876 Crete , Greece

    • @dl5498
      @dl5498 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Sam_Green____4114 Why the union jack for a pfp?

    • @keb1b
      @keb1b Před 16 dny

      his name is Sam Green. That is probably why.​@@dl5498

  • @karenturcola4524
    @karenturcola4524 Před 7 měsíci

    Very interesting.❤

  • @zombienano9771
    @zombienano9771 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Toldinstone i would love to hear your thoughts on the recent loss of the church of saint porphyrius

  • @silvertongue00
    @silvertongue00 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I walked pass the baths of Bayezid for 3 years while studying at Istanbul University next door and never noticed the reliefs on the foundation.

    • @rdallas81
      @rdallas81 Před 6 měsíci

      What did you study?
      Sounds awesome.

  • @andyanderson5326
    @andyanderson5326 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The oldest structure prize belongs to the Egyptian obelisk near the Hagia Sophia. It is also the oldest structure in its original place,the base now being 10 feet blow the surface.

  • @Boz0O
    @Boz0O Před 7 měsíci

    Never forgotten in here❤

  • @neoclassic09
    @neoclassic09 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Nice.

  • @g.alysan2636
    @g.alysan2636 Před 7 měsíci +11

    This Empire was never called "Byzantine".
    There never was a Byzantine Empire.
    The historical truth
    is that it was called the Eastern Roman Empire or Romania.
    Its Emperors were called Romans
    either orally or in Imperial letters. The citizens of this Empire also knew and said they were Roman citizens throughout the centuries.
    The Empire known today as "Byzantine" never used that name for itself. The name we find in all sources, historical, diplomatic, poetic, legislative and even in commercial transactions, is the Roman Empire and Romania which was bestowed by Constantine the Great and was maintained from the foundation of New Rome (Constantinople) until its fall. , when the last Emperor Constantine the Paleologos was called "Emperor of the Romans and King of the Greeks".

  • @MattttG3
    @MattttG3 Před 6 měsíci

    I found this out from Dr. No , the ruins I mean 😂 thanks for posting this bro

  • @gerhard6105
    @gerhard6105 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Nice and informative video. When younger, i was in Istanbul 4 times. We as a family visited the very nice water reservoir with its very nice columns. I was impressed (does not happen often) by the enormous city walls and gates. Later in that holiday, 1987, we went to Troja, Milet, Pamukkele and the nex door Hierapolis(?), the chopped out wall in the mountain from Bodrum, and near Eskeshehir our Turkish friend showed us the homes from the Christians chopped out in the mountains. No tourists there, nobody. And we visited several other antique places were i do not know the name from. What did these people in their Byzanthium homes to cover their window opening from rain and cold? Regards from the Netherlands

  • @arissarkides1380
    @arissarkides1380 Před 7 měsíci +6

    For anyone interested in Constantinople I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt'z Byzantine history playlist

  • @madderhat5852
    @madderhat5852 Před 7 měsíci +13

    One of the most beautiful cities in the world.

  •  Před 2 měsíci +2

    The biggest murderer and thief of this city is Enrico Dandolo

  • @joshs6535
    @joshs6535 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Nice

  • @nerodoom
    @nerodoom Před 4 měsíci +3

    Constantinople ❤

  • @user-ew5hd9jh5f
    @user-ew5hd9jh5f Před 2 měsíci +2

    Beautiful Istanbul

    • @nogaysallowed95
      @nogaysallowed95 Před 2 měsíci

      Constantinople

    • @user-ew5hd9jh5f
      @user-ew5hd9jh5f Před 2 měsíci

      idk how
      cz international status of it is Istanbul not even christian nobles call it con*******
      you still living in the ages when u were defeated
      that pain still makes u cry blood lol@@nogaysallowed95

  • @selimhandogan6693
    @selimhandogan6693 Před 7 měsíci +42

    Hey everyone,
    Let's remember that nearly every spot in Istanbul stands on layers of ancient history, not just Byzantine but also other Asia Minor civilizations. Efforts to restore places like the Boukoleon Palace, which was in ruins even before the Ottomans arrived, are ongoing. Even with ample funding, the sheer volume of historical sites and artifacts makes restoration a challenge. Many findings don't even reach museums because they're already filled with invaluable pieces. While more can be done for Istanbul's historical peninsula, some restorations could take years. Let's be patient and value the dedication behind preserving our shared history.

    • @deniztark6242
      @deniztark6242 Před 7 měsíci +6

      You are conveniently ignoring the fact that during the Late Ottoman Era the still very much well preserved remains of the Boukoleon Palace were deliberately destroyed by Sultan Abdulhamid II to make way for the railway heading to Sirkeci Station. Lets just hope that its restoration wont end up like that of Suheyl Bey Mosque. Unlike the central government, IBB Miras seems to know what they are doing after all.

    • @Da__goat
      @Da__goat Před 6 měsíci +4

      Yeah this is just not a thing at all. There was no asia minor civilization that inhabited the city, it was founded by emperor Constantine, the Greek-Roman emperor, and so bears his name. The Turks, like their Seljuq ancestors, raped the greeks and attempted to say that they were never Roman at all when half the empire was Greek and the Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453, with the Ottomans LARPing for the next 500 years.

    • @selimhandogan6693
      @selimhandogan6693 Před 6 měsíci +6

      @Da_goat This is not correct especially in the yenikapı excavations they found a lot more older artifacts. They hypothise the people in Göbeklitepe passed bosphorus somewhere around 8000 BC.

    • @kingofbithynia449
      @kingofbithynia449 Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@Da__goatGlorius Kingdom of Bithynia owned that city. And it was called Byzantion. It was founded bu Byzas of Megara kahve 600 years ago from the times of Constantine

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 4 měsíci

      This area of the world has the rare luxury of almost literally drowning in historical artefacts.

  • @azwris
    @azwris Před 6 měsíci +2

    1:56 Correction: Turkey didn't exist back then. The conquest took place by the Ottomans. The former established just a century ago. Thank you.

    • @jamworthy14
      @jamworthy14 Před 2 měsíci

      mate, turkiye existed before that, 🤣 we got 6th century text mentioning turkiye lmao

    • @azwris
      @azwris Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@jamworthy14They were as an ethnicity, not as a nation!

    • @jamworthy14
      @jamworthy14 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@azwris back then everything was ethnicity. That's how countries are born . It was land of turkiye. It was a nation mate . Omg 😶. Do u know what a tribe is mate ?

    • @azwris
      @azwris Před 2 měsíci

      @@jamworthy14 Of course I know because I am also into English Grossology. But I can definitely sense some irony in your comments and therefore I don't like to get into a dispute with you. You're going to lose your dignity in public and I'm going to lose my precious time. So long my friend!

    • @jamworthy14
      @jamworthy14 Před 2 měsíci

      @@azwris 😂😶 if u knew u would not make such stupid comments. Now u resort to the lame kindergarten comeback to salvage ur dignity. Ironic 😼

  • @ProbablyNotAChicken
    @ProbablyNotAChicken Před 7 měsíci +6

    It is always very hard for me to learn about anything byzantine post 12th century. So much history and beauty destroyed.

  • @mccoy9112
    @mccoy9112 Před 7 měsíci +2

    It's amazing how we destroy ourselves

  • @mahotion1425
    @mahotion1425 Před 3 měsíci

    is there a meaning beside the symbolism to obelisks such as column of marcion? like could it be used as beacons to maintain communication between settlements?

  • @tommysparks2705
    @tommysparks2705 Před 7 měsíci +1

    How do stone structures end up consistently being “burning down”?

  • @DonaldDucksRevenge
    @DonaldDucksRevenge Před 7 měsíci

    Just curious if you've seen History in Granite's latest Garrett? It's quite good work I think you'll agree!

  • @ilikethiskindatube
    @ilikethiskindatube Před 7 měsíci +3

    When I walked to the Column of Marcian I noticed column ends being used around pedestrian areas to block vehicles. It made me wonder what structure they came from.

  • @tylershumaker2032
    @tylershumaker2032 Před 7 měsíci

    Love the videos man. Really wanted to give your books a try but it seems like the audiobook version is read/voiced by someone else bummer😔

  • @johneysbroek5063
    @johneysbroek5063 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Thank you for this documentary. This is an example of how something beautiful like the West, which also included the Eastern Roman Empire, can be destroyed by internal divisions and bickering. This is a warning to the West that this history does not repeat itself on western europe and america

    • @YtMgk-hv6op
      @YtMgk-hv6op Před 5 měsíci

      Absolutely. They have learnt from history unfortunately

  • @Aginor88
    @Aginor88 Před 7 měsíci

    Interesting.

  • @thegreatders344
    @thegreatders344 Před 7 měsíci

    Did you let Sam pick a picture in your newest book?

  • @AGuyCalledRune
    @AGuyCalledRune Před 7 měsíci

    What is the source for "Mickelgarth"?

  • @sneakyflutes
    @sneakyflutes Před měsícem

    I want to visit Istanbul so bad!

  • @MrHarpoon24
    @MrHarpoon24 Před 7 měsíci

    Hola, excelente video, podrías hacer videos con traductores a idioma español, saludos desde Chile

  • @ziggypop79
    @ziggypop79 Před 7 měsíci +15

    One of the coolest city names Constantinople changed to Istanbul sucks

    • @words007
      @words007 Před 6 měsíci

      Exactly exactly exactly istanbul is beyond pathetic islamic name like the rest of them, Constantinople is such a cool as name like seriously you like making that sound through the mouth itself. I want every European to appreciate history and never let these muslims enter EU ever. They destroy everything if they had ever gotten their hands to ROME 😢 their amazing churches their rich heritage would have been lost.

  • @PandorassBoxx
    @PandorassBoxx Před 4 měsíci

    What is super weird to me is the fact that ancient monuments are phenomenal, very detail and super polished but the letters everywhere are creepy and walking all the directions 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @candlemaniac
    @candlemaniac Před 7 měsíci +1

    There's a lot of ruins in Mesapotamia

  • @rolfnilsen6385
    @rolfnilsen6385 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Not Micklegarth, but Myklagard in norse. Mykla means large, and Gard means town to live (in modern norwegian, gard means a farm. But obviously the norse meaning was "slightly" different and flexible). The norse thus named Constantinople "the large town" in their language.

    • @N1t3Owl
      @N1t3Owl Před 7 měsíci +3

      Seems to be related to modern Russian "gorod" (old Russian "grad") and before it gained the meaning of "city" it meant walls or fortifications. Rus' lands were called Gardariki in old norse which basically means "kingdom of fortifications" or something. So maybe Miklagard means large walls?

    • @rdallas81
      @rdallas81 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@N1t3Owlprobably

    • @demeter1793
      @demeter1793 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Gård meant wall, not town. If you go to Istanbul, you'll understand why they called it "large wall"

    • @rolfnilsen6385
      @rolfnilsen6385 Před 6 měsíci

      @@demeter1793 I wrote "gard" quite specifically instead of "gård". It could mean a wall like you pointed to, but it also ment an enclosed area or homestead which became synonymous with a city.

    • @demeter1793
      @demeter1793 Před 6 měsíci

      @@rolfnilsen6385 well okay, but the name of the city is Miklagård

  • @sophrapsune
    @sophrapsune Před 7 měsíci +3

    The only continuously surviving, living part of the Byzantine Empire is to be found today on Mount Athos.

  • @mrtoast244
    @mrtoast244 Před 5 měsíci

    The video opened with the most ancient Licc I have ever heard

  • @thebird738
    @thebird738 Před 7 měsíci +1

    NIce

  • @chompachangas
    @chompachangas Před 6 měsíci

    You from around Philly?

  • @allysoobratty7565
    @allysoobratty7565 Před 14 dny

    Anyone knows where is The Tomb of Emperor Heraclius?

  • @garywray7998
    @garywray7998 Před 7 měsíci +2

    RIP Rome😞

  • @redjacc7581
    @redjacc7581 Před 7 měsíci +1

    cool

  • @chizzlemo3094
    @chizzlemo3094 Před 3 měsíci +1

    My nan was born in Constantinople

  • @marbleking1307
    @marbleking1307 Před 3 dny

    Where you see destruction, death, robbery, violence, you know turks passed there.

  • @JS1215.
    @JS1215. Před 7 měsíci +3

    look man, been watching since the channel was new. I am 23 I have always loved money and history. Went to college studied finance and I am a member of multiple historical societies near me. Also have artifacts I have found myself in local museums. In my professional life I sell commercial real estate. Mostly industrial real estate. I have done well in just a few short years in my career. I am also a serious coin collector and numismatist. Other things I enjoy are boating hunting and especially metal detecting & Bottle digging. I also love and collect rocks minerals and fossils, this was my first hobby since I was a young boy maybe 5-6 years old. I have to say that along my lifetime journey this channel has inspired and entertained me. As a major history buff this is some of the best especially classic history content on CZcams. Another important note they don't teach anything like this or anything important in general in public high schools or really universities for that matter. Keep doing what your doing we love you !

  • @bastadimasta
    @bastadimasta Před 7 měsíci

    Arabic pronunciation of the city was Kustantiniyya. They can pronounce O sound and they dropped N for some reason.

  • @FredrikSkievan
    @FredrikSkievan Před 7 měsíci +1

    Vikings did not call it "micklegarth" but rather "Miklagarðr"

    • @Yucci
      @Yucci Před 6 měsíci

      Lol yeah I caught that too, sounded so weird. In Sweden we call it Miklagård, så Norse comes more naturally but "Mickelgarth" has to be the weirdest pronunciation yet lol

  • @DocnoXXX
    @DocnoXXX Před 3 měsíci

    Just came back from two weeks in Istanbul and Izmir. Struck me how, except for some very prominent exceptions, Byzantine/Greek/Roman buildings and artifacts are largely ignored and tossed aside. At the fort in Cesme, if you look happen to look over one wall as I did, you'll see a pile of Greek columns and partial statues lying in a heap among trees where nobody can approach. That and many other examples made me think that the Ottomans/Turks would be happy if the evidence of earlier Greek/Roman occupation would just rot away. Of course, that doesn't happen with marble etc. But I get the sense that there is some embarrassment among the Turkish authorities that they are surrounded by tangible reminders that they are on land they took from another (then-more-advanced) civilisation, and one with which there is still a lot of tension at times. In other places, there seems to be lingering pride over that distant conquest, like when I climbed up to a tower on the northern walls that seemed completely ignored and found a huge Turkish flag draped over the far side. All that said, the Turks were wonderfully friendly and it is a fascinating place to travel for any history buff.

  • @marciocarvalho8975
    @marciocarvalho8975 Před měsícem

    Afonso de Albuquerque and his revenge!... Parts of history untold!!!!!

  • @sumazdar
    @sumazdar Před 2 měsíci

    dziękuję

  • @Orthodoge
    @Orthodoge Před 7 měsíci +7

    You should do Byzantine Ephesus

    • @Orthodoge
      @Orthodoge Před 7 měsíci +1

      Please do the Boulkoleon palace(there’s old pictures of it too) and it’s being restored now