#constantinople

[toyastales]

A Byzantine Gold Collier with Emeralds, Sapphires, Amethysts and Pearls, from a workshop in Constantinople (late 6th-7th Century AD).

[thatshowthingstarted]

Byzantine necklace,

From a Constantinopolitan workshop, Late 6th–7th century,

Gold, emeralds, sapphires, amethysts and pearls,

Diameter: 23 cm,

Antikensammlung Berlin, Germany

[cookiewishesyou]

On this January 11, 2025, Cookie wishes you a smashing 1492nd anniversary of the Nika riots of Constantinople (532)!

[charlesoberonn]

Shout out to Porphyrios, the whale who terrorized the waters near Constantinople for more than 50 years during the 6th century.

You'd sunk more Roman warships than most of their human enemies.

[baebeylik]

Vessel for rose water by an Armenian artist living in Constantinople. 19th Century.

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

[diemelusine]

Morning entrance of the Byzantine empress to the tomb of her ancestors (1890) by Vasily Sergeyevich Smirnov. Tretyakov Gallery.

[helpmeimblorboing]

I don't think we're ever gonna let go of the Trojan War tbh

Not only does every country in Western Europe miraculously descended from it - from Brute, descendant of Aeneas, who apparently founded Britain, to Hector's son Astyanax, who apparently changed his name to Francus and founded France, to the Trojan city of Sicambria whose inhabitants... also founded France apparently

The French lords who sacked Constantinople in 1204 justified their actions as "avenging Troy" which must have been quite the shock to the Byzantines they were killing, who also claimed descent from Aeneas (side note : the Eastern Romans massacred a bunch of Catholics in Constantinople a few decades earlier, which would have theoretically been a much better excuse. Unfortunately, those Catholics were mostly Genoese and Pisan, and the Venetians who sponsored the Sack had a burning hatred for both Genoa and Pisa, their rivals on the waves)

Mehmet the Conqueror claimed that he had avenged Troy by taking Constantinople, nearly 246 years later... which at least made slightly more sense, because unlike Venice, Edirne was at least to the EAST

Fast forward to the 20th century, and the Brits signed the Armstice of Mudros with the Ottomans on HMS Agamemnon (AGAIN). In response, upon winning the Turkish War of Independence, Atatürk would famously say "Hector has been avenged."

Yeah, I don't think we're ever getting over that tbh. Say what you will about him, but Odysseus was right when he said that the war would be spoken about for millennia

[constantinople-offical]

First video dropped!

Meet the voice actors of Constantinople!

There will be more like this for artists, animators, ect!