They weren’t just walls - they were a message: “Do NOT enter.” Discover how the Walls of Constantinople held back invaders for centuries, and why their engineering still impresses military ...

Constantinople and the triple line of walls that were built over time. Credit: Jniemenmaa / Wikimedia Commons According to experts, what we know of that original wall is not due to Byzas but to the ...

Van Milligen, Alexander; "Byzantine Constantinople" This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.

Five different sets of walls have been built around the city of Constantinople, the most important of which was the last, built under the reign of Theodosius II, who came to power in 408 AD. Also ...

On May 29, 1453, the Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmet II broke through the walls of Constantinople, conquering the capital and last major holdout of the Byzantine Empire. In much of the world ...