Constantinople was almost safe because back in Asia Minor, then it would face several revolts from his subjects. People started to rise up against him and become unruly because the Sultan and his army were abroad. When this happened, them had offered Constantine a deal. Basically went like a tribute and he would withdraw. It would turn Constantinople and the Byzantines into a Basel state that they would control,. but they would live and it would it would stop. The emperor refused and gave the news to his men that when the city fell because they'd refused, this means that his men would now be allowed to plunder whatever they wished From what was at the time arguably one of the richest cities in