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Episode 343 - The End of Crusading and the Third Rome
March 2, 2026·23 min·2 clips
Venice shrugged off criticism and sent gifts to Mehmed, trying to protect their assets after Constantinople fell.
As heard by us
Constantinople's fall becomes a patient story of delayed news, Russian identity, and the contested claim to Rome.
The fall of Constantinople lands first as delayed certainty in Venice, where official confirmation depends on a written report from Euboea and the relief fleet arrives too late.
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You get Constantinople's fall as a shockwave of delayed news, Orthodox identity, and Russian political imagination.
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