He most likely died near the gate of Saint Romanos, though we aren't exactly able to confirm that because everybody pretty much died. He didn't have any of his royal insignia or anything on him because he didn't want his body to be taken then and used as a trophy. It is possible from this that the emperor could have actually fled the city days before. Or he could have been there with the city. And he died defending it more likely. Like that's just what occurred. Meanwhile, the destruction, the pillaging and I mean, the term when when sieging one of these cities, we talked about like the rape of non king. That is an accurate way
The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
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