💬 Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)

A blood moon would appear when all hope was lost?

A commodity of which I have precious little at the moment.

A Genoese fleet was seen in the Dardanelles

A glimmer of hope appears in the Mediterranean.

A great tree rose from the ground.

A growing concern for the sultan.

A hadith is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad,

A larger question hangs heavy over his camp.

A lot of people will die.

A massive, half mile long cast iron chain.

A message from Constantinople.

A narrow inlet that runs along Constantinople's seaward walls.

A neutral friend to all.

A new age is coming,

A plan to ambush the Ottoman fleet

A riddle like this should be easy to solve.

A schism dating back four centuries.

A Scottish soldier with a very particular skill set.

A sort of killing field,

A sultan never cries.

A sultan.

A very large number of the bells of Balkan churches

A war is bad for all of us.

A warning.

Abort!

About 69 or 70, that the world had seen in one place.

Above the Genoese colony of Galata.

Absorb the impact of the cannonballs.

Across a one and a half mile stretch of woods

Across from one body of water into the other,

After a falling out with his father's court.

After coming this far?

After his navy suffers a devastating defeat...

Against Constantinople's seemingly impenetrable walls.

Ah, then...

Ah!

Ahh!

Ahmed, the oldest, was 12 years older than him.

Aim for the sails!

Aim!

Alexander had his first conquest at 20...

Ali.

Alive, we can come back and reclaim the city with a real army,

All have failed

All have failed.

All I'm asking in the meantime is

All of a sudden, these guys that were over there are now over here

All of them.

All right. Go.

All that is left is my life...

All that matters is what you have done."

All the way to the Genovese colony,

All vessels still inside the Horn are there with hostile intent,

Allah has sent me a vision.

Allah has willed it.

Allah will be with every one of us.

Allahu Akbar!

Allahu akbar!

Allahu Akbar!

Allahu akbar!

Allahu Akbar!

Allahu akbar!

Allahu Akbar!

Allegiance?

Allowing the smaller oared boats of the Ottomans to close the gap.

Along the city's ancient stone walls.

Along the front line, so you'd be looking at a ring of fire.

Along with hints of unrest among his soldiers.

Already, there are generous troops bound for the city

Also known as Halil the Greek...

Although I know you have no quarrels with the Babylonians.

Always, my dear.

Ambushing the Ottoman fleet moored in the Golden Horn.

An ancient version of napalm

An answer to Emperor Constantine's prayers,

An attempt was planned

An eventful figure,

An expert in defending walled cities.

An immense cannon is built. Huge!

An inlet on the city's Northeastern side.

An ominous sight shakes both sides.

An unnecessary one if you ask me.

Ana.

Ana... What are you doing outside the city, Ana?

And a great deal of work

And a strong minded, intelligent guy.

And absolutist than Eastern Roman emperors.

And actually said he would sacrifice his life,

And all her contacts in the West.

And all the courts of Europe securing aid for our defense.

And an experienced older statesman.

And are much harder to knock down, takes a lot more impact to disperse them.

And around those rivers, beautiful shimmering cities arose.

And be ready to fight.

And behaved accordingly.

And bring it home to the Islamic world.

And burn every Turk on those ships.

And certainly on the psychological level.

And change the course of history

And change the course of history for the next 300 years.

And Coco was placed in charge of it, Venetian,

And come back when they are weaker, and you are stronger.

And come to the aid of the Romans.

And Constantine probably could have,

And Constantinople is the body of the butterfly.

And critical to his defense of the city.

And distrusts the European Catholic Church,

And drop them into the Golden Horn is progressing.

And effectively, Mehmed was all that was left.

And effort involved in this exercise.

And essentially pile up the rubble,

And even at certain points towards South East Asia.

And expansive.

And finalize plans for their infantry assault.

And from the 15th century,

And get a large amount of money out of them.

And Giovanni Giustiniani Longo proves himself

And have nothing to worry about.

And he brought a great deal of confidence to the defense.

And he decided a frontal attack.

And he describes it in these ideas that now he is in the realm of heaven.

And he gives this stirring reminder: be worthy of your ancestors.

And he has a kind of sense of destiny riding with him.

And he is wise enough to know when to stop.

And he is..

And he made the decision to defend the outer wall.

And he observed the waves on the water,

And he offered him money.

And he plunges into where the battle is thickest...

And he ran away so he wouldn't be tried.

And he reminds the Byzantines in particular,

And he sends his most disposable troops in first.

And he used to say,

And he was able to locate those mines.

And he was very much of the old school in that manner.

And he was, uh, going to be executed.

And he's well known as

And here come the Janissaries who are the best trained,

And his father's older viziers who harbor doubts about his leadership.

And his hopes, uh, for himself and for his family.

And his skills are called into use during the siege from the Byzantine side,

And hope.

And how about you,

And how do you plan to get through my harbor to the Ottoman ships?

And I call it Basilica.

And I can't leave you to fight Hunyadi and the Hungarians.

And I promise you will have the throne back.

And I shall have mine now.

And I think it's this moment where he...

And I will gladly die here by your sword.

And if that was reported to the Romans,

And if we know one thing about Mehmed,

And if you believe the Roman sources, they didn't lose a single soldier.

And if your sultan does not back down,

And in honor of your victory, I have brought a gift.

And in return, leave them the city, for now.

And in return, you have given me nothing.

And in the West, Jon Hunyadi and the Hungarians

And instead, he said to his enemies, "No!"

And instinct.

And is a hotbed of spying.

And is never seen again.

And it begins tonight!

And it blows up in the Byzantine faces, because it not only fails completely,

And it doesn't come and it doesn't come.

And it has two towers on each side,

And it looks like a sitting duck.

And it says... [speaking Arabic]

And it will be the end of all of us.

And it would give me no pleasure to exact.

And it's always,

And it's worth dying... I'm not gonna leave them to die alone,

And its ruler,

And just hours before Mehmed launches his final assault,

And just to, kind of, stop the other side relaxing.

And kind of wake them up to, you know, we have a bigger problem here.

And kiss the hands of our sultan."

And legend...

And let's Constantine draw his own conclusion.

And loyalty...

And make kind of this floating castle,

And maybe my life.

And maybe overthrow your throne."

And Mehmed had him

And Mehmed is my sultan.

And Mehmed said, "Piss off."

And Mehmed then had them impaled on stakes outside the walls.

And Mehmed was beside himself, he was so upset, rightly so.

And Mehmed's army encamped outside the city's landward walls,

And minted into coins

And models himself after Alexander the Great.

And naval stuff was for the Greeks.

And now you are your own man.

And now, suddenly,

And now... I will take the next step.

And of course, the Virgin had saved the city many times before,

And of the Romans.

And old scores are settled.

And Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

And Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II,

And our plans to take the city.

And people aren't at all sure what to make of him yet.

And potentially catastrophic for the course of the siege.

And pretty much for all of history,

And rely on speed and precision.

And rumors of a 40 ship Venetian fleet sent by the pope

And safe harbor in the Golden Horn.

And sends a clear message to Governor Lomellini...

And ships when asked.

And so are they.

And so he concocts this brilliant,

And so Orban goes to a number of people around the world

And so the relief fleet is on their way.

And so, it becomes problematic right away,

And so, there needs to be a force on water

And so...

And some of the soldiers are threatening to leave

And some of those cultural norms are specific to Islam.

And sometimes they manifest themselves to us.

And spread their forces,

And supreme commander of the military forces.

And tending to their wounded.

And that front is really, really worrying,

And that grand vizier has to be controlled.

And that is a cannon that can knock down a wall.

And that is a sign of genius.

And that it would be lost under an emperor

And that lasted a couple of hours, actually.

And that was too much for one man to lay aside.

And the answer he gives

And the ball flies for a mile,

And the defending forces led by Giustiniani.

And the emperor?

And the fighting more ferocious.

And the Janissaries are angry, Pasha.

And the navy behind that will fire the ships

And the news of it spreads like wildfire and everyone, you know,

And the Ottomans are unable to breach the walls.

And the principle for which he will sacrifice literally everything else

And the smaller cannons "The Cubs."

And the sultan was watching you.

And the third is,

And the Turkish admiral gets his ships into position.

And the walls of Constantinople remain standing.

And the Western world.

And then Ali was mysteriously strangled,

And then drop them back down into the Golden Horn.

And then eventually dies.

And then light on fire to put a projectile out.

And then one ship bringing much needed food.

And then someone who he associated with his father,

And then they get to the top of this hill and they just come sliding down

And then to be told, after such a short space of time,

And then you have the infantry who is taking shelter behind the tank.

And there I saw the Red Apple itself.

And there's growing concern

And these are the cannon fodder.

And these big filthy Turk bastards will have our balls for breakfast!

And they did it behind the mountains of Pera

And they have been stacking their units directly across from it

And they sploosh into the... into the water of the Golden Horn.

And they started transporting the ships to the Golden Horn

And they wanted to be part of it.

And they will crush your army.

And they're also shooting at you and unloading troops.

And they're initially thinking, "What's all this noise? What's going on?

And they're yelling.

And this doesn't necessarily suit the Ottoman vision of warfare.

And this is very thin copper with nothing in there.

And those that came before him.

And throw aside the trappings of the past."

And took the throne from me,

And trained to be the sultan's elite special forces.

And unfortunately, Constantine XI fitted the bill in this respect.

And utterly committed to our destiny.

And we are running out of time.

And we can come to terms to avoid a war.

And we have those big, beautiful walls.

And we will take the city!

And we'll talk to Mehmed, we'll talk to whoever we need to

And weighs over 30 tons.

And what a wonderful army will that army be."

And what about you?

And what of Rome?

And when I am sultan,

And when they fire it, you know,

And while trying to get Constantinople, we might lose everything."

And who will deliver that slap, pray tell?

And why would I believe a little Roman spy?

And wield broadswords.

And with a sort of genius

And wrest it from the Christians

And yet, they strut about calling themselves Christians!

And you and your men will be given land and riches

And you are in a besieging position,

And you go running like his whore?

And you nearly convinced me.

And you see the spirit in the defenders.

And you see what must have been an incredible sight.

And you will not defeat them.

And you're seeing the damage that your weapon does to them.

And you've not given them a crown gift yet.

And your interests in the city.

And your master is?

And your time in Adrianople has passed.

And your young sultan will pay for defeat with his life.

And, really, organizing the defense.

And, you know, it is an astonishing thing.

And?

Animals collapse in the fields and, you know,

Another front against the most vulnerable part of the city.

Another must fall.

Answer the sultan.

Any fault is mine.

Anyone who loves me and their empire,

Anything inside the walls of Constantinople

Anything Mehmed said in the council

Anything now would be treason on both our parts.

Anything outside those walls

Anything that the Romans decided was reported to Mehmed immediately.

Approaching from the Mediterranean in the West.

Archers and men,

Are a far cry from the Bashi Bazouks.

Are all that stands between the Genoese fleet

Are amassing their army near our border.

Are discussing plans for a successor.

Are much, much smaller than ours are today.

Are taken around the walls to encourage the troops.

Are the Janissaries.

Are their longtime foes, the Ottomans

Are you blind?

Are you here to defect?

Are you hurt?

Are you not their commander?

Are you sending an army to attack the Turks?

Are you still considering terms for truce?

Aren't you?

Argh!

As a bad omen for their enemies, not for the Ottomans themselves.

As a sign of an Ottoman victory against their enemies.

As did many of your fathers who fought alongside him.

As happened with so many sieges of the city in the past.

As I have always trusted you.

As is yours.

As long as the Spirit is here,

As rumors of a large incoming Christian fleet from Venice reach camp,

As soon as the sultan returns, the terms must be ready.

As the Byzantines are to keep him out.

As the Janissaries close in on the St. Romanus gate.

As the Janissaries continue their push towards the St. Romanus gate.

As the Ottoman warships close in.

As they always have.

As thousands of Ottoman soldiers pour in through the breaches.

As well as soldiers.

As you can imagine there is much to keep me busy these days.

As you claim, I'll pay you four times that.

Ask for anything you want.

Ask your vizier, Halil Pasha.

At his disposal.

At least allow me to draw up terms for a truce, for your approval.

At the Battle of Varna, when he needed to cross the straits.

At the gates of Constantinople.

At the ships moored in the Golden Horn

At the St. Romanus gate,

At this moment, we have emissaries sent to the Vatican

Attack!

Attacking the Ottomans would be a grave mistake.

Attend to your duties and pray.

Augustus,

Away from, uh, Constantinople to join him,

Baltaoglu anxiously awaits the enemy ships.

Baltaoglu falls further and further behind the fleeing Genoese fleet.

Baltaoglu is gravely wounded.

Baltaoglu Pasha,

Baltaoglu Suleyman.

Baltaoglu, nicknamed "Son of a Battle Axe,"

Based on truth.

Be kind.

Be not afraid.

Be the ruler you say you will be.

Because he didn't really want Mehmed to conquer Constantinople,

Because he said, "Look, Your Majesty,"

Because he was already shot and he realized everything was gone.

Because he's new to the throne

Because of the use of mines.

Because that's where the cannons are hitting.

Because the loose bricks

Because the vizier of the time, Candarli Halil Pasha,

Because there's this great chain stretching from the Acropolis,

Because there's Turkish ships inside the harbor,

Because they can't move.

Because they didn't make it as tough as those all looking towards the West,

Because they just, for some reason,

Before he did something like this."

Before I leave, take my counsel...

Before they make it to the Golden Horn!

Before they settle in.

Before... something darker?

Begging for mercy.

Begins to weaken the desperate defense put up by Giustiniani and his men.

Being displayed on the city walls at the time of the Ottoman siege.

Belongs to me.

Belongs to the Romans.

Between the Genoese and Venetians.

Between the two sides as the siege went on.

Between the young advisors he brings from Manisa,

Beyond your wildest dreams.

Black Sea, the Mediterranean,

Bombards Constantinople with the largest artillery attack

Both sides are nearing their breaking point.

Both sides dig in...

Boy.

Brilliant.

Bring her to me.

Bring me Baltaoglu.

Bringing soldiers and supplies to Constantinople,

Bringing the Ottomans and Romans a step closer to war.

Bringing their archers within firing distance of the Genoese sails.

Building a fort on the Roman side will provoke them

But after four hours of fighting,

But also appealing to the religious side of these soldiers too.

But also making himself into a standard.

But at night, we're told,

But both sides clearly believed that God is on their side

But cannons of this size were something

But clearly, under the pressure of time

But Constantine has a secret weapon of his own...

But discretion might be more profitable in the coming weeks.

But earned my respect.

But even worse, now,

But eventually these four ships managed to make it all the way to the chain,

But forgive my men.

But has no children of her own.

But he also could be generous to foreigners.

But he is the only one who can legitimately claim

But he refused. His vanity blinds him.

But he turns Sphrantzes down and he says, "No, these are my people.

But he was a... he was a real fighter, Constantine.

But he'll be battling more than the Italian warships.

But heed this, my son...

But I already assured you I will try to contain any speculation

But I am no coward.

But I come on urgent business.

But I fear it cannot be done under these circumstances.

But I have faith that with your allegiance

But if an enemy fleet enters the Golden Horn

But if we catch them off guard,

But if you take the city,

But in my line of work,

But it cost them the lives of 200 men that they can't afford to lose.

But it got worse because they realized

But it sailed too late.

But it was inside the chain,

But it was quite possible if the siege took too long,

But it's exact whereabouts remain unknown

But it's one of those things where everyone goes, you know,

But it's time for you to return to Serbia and your family.

But it's too dangerous outside the walls.

But look at those walls, son.

But lots of the fighting happens hand to hand,

But many citizens have already fled,

But my fate is written...

But not the city!

But now, we are united

But Ottoman astrologers interpret the occurrence of eclipses,

But people like Candarli, they're bureaucrats:

But safe inside the harbor of the Golden Horn.

But saw no ships.

But still standing walls,

But that does us no good unless we go through them.

But that may not be necessary.

But the battle for Constantinople is being fought on multiple fronts.

But the Christian ships have an advantage that they are higher,

But the Ottoman army had a central command.

But the Ottomans will forever know him as "Fatih,"

But the Romans keep him safely tucked away inside Constantinople

But the troubles in the East are very real.

But there are also pressures on a besieging army.

But there is a chink in its armor.

But they are also cornered.

But they can't get into the Golden Horn

But they must get through these walls first.

But we are in the middle of a battle.

But we don't know who she was.

But we must do it now.

But we simply seek to ply our trade and make a living.

But we'll say to Mehmed, 'don't worry, we won't interfere.'"

But what sustains an empire

But with it, Mother Mara,

But you are a warrior.

But you are coming with me?

But you are the sultan, and I am a slave.

But you have an aim.

But you know the terms of the deal you made with them

But, Allah willing, my guidance will bring measure

But, if I don't come back,

But, should you fail,

But, uh, I've sent envoys to every ally in Europe.

But, unfortunately, you are not Genoese.

But, you're telling me those are yours?

But?

But...

By hanging some of their Turkish prisoners from the battlements.

By my calculations,

By naval forces coming from the Italian states.

By the order of the emperor?

By the time Alexander the Great was my age, he'd conquered all of this land

Can any of you fetch me the red apple,

Can be regarded as the first major victory of cannons against cities.

Can you hold off the Turks that long?

Can you not see we're out of time?

Candarli Halil is always welcome.

Candarli Halil Pasha,

Candarli Halil Pasha?

Candarli Halil?

Candarli Pasha will report back to me on your progress.

Cannonballs of half a ton.

Capturing the imagination is all very well, but how much does it cost?

Careful, Lord.

Catches the Ottomans by surprise.

Caught in a war with no end in sight.

Causing them to collapse.

Certainly a suitable husband can be found.

Certainly, we have some guns and some bows and arrows

Ciao.

Clear the path.

Clearing the overland path for the Ottoman ships...

Close it!

Close that gate now!

Come back to bed.

Come on, boys, come on!

Come on.

Come sit with me.

Come.

Commander of my fearsome army,

Congratulations, Sultan.

Constantine gave him control

Constantine had ordered lookouts to find the Venetian fleet.

Constantine has to kind of console Giustiniani and Notaras

Constantine is a fair man,

Constantine is very conscious of the weight of history, so to speak.

Constantine XI, he's very brave,

Constantine...

Constantinople has more than enough gold

Constantinople is a city...

Constantinople is gifted because it has this huge protected harbor,

Constantinople will fall, someday.

Constantinople?

Constantinople.

Constantinople's protector and ruler is Emperor Constantine XI.

Converted to Islam,

Convinced he'll conquer the West,

Could not stop just four Genoese vessels,

Could we launch our ships against theirs?

Crossbow fire!

Crusades were a thing of the past.

Day after day, after day

Dear God,

Dear God.

Deceitful dog!

Deceitful scum.

Decides to retire, leaving Mehmed to take the throne.

Despair doesn't suit you, Therma.

Despite having the options to retire into obscurity after Murad's death,

Determined to suck the last bit of life from the city.

Devoted teacher, my loyal servant,

Did you not hear me?

Different tactics, though.

Dig!

Do I defend the outer walls or do I defend the inner wall?

Do it.

Do not force the matter any longer.

Do not forsake me, you big, magnificent bastard.

Do not mistake youth for weakness.

Do you know the punishment for spying?

Do you know what Alexander the Great said when he took the throne?

Do you not have anything tucked away to loan the emperor?

Do you not trust me?

Do you remember me?

Do you remember what you said?

Do you understand what that means?

Does he still have the loyalty of his troops?

Don't ask me to be the last emperor of Constantinople.

Don't despair yet.

Don't doubt it.

Don't doubt our might.

Don't test me, boy!

Don't test my patience further...

Don't you have a war to fight?

Dragged on for three long months.

Draw!

Drink up, Lords.

During his years in the elite Janissary corps.

During the siege, was a lunar eclipse.

Either I conquer you...

Emperor Constantine is confronted by Mehmed's 80,000 man army.

Emperor Constantine orders all religious artifacts melted down,

Emperor Constantine sends emissaries to Mehmed's court

Emperor Theodosius II built the walls in the 5th century.

Emperor, I have given you my word.

Emperor.

End this siege before a unified Christian army shows up at these gates.

Engulfing the city in chaos.

Enough.

Enters its third week.

Even as the situation in Constantinople grows more dire,

Even if a relief force arrives,

Even when extinction is threatening.

Even word of this could be disastrous for the morale of our troops

Every day brings with it a new threat

Every day, they get up there and they look for it,

Every day, they're camped out there is a brick thrown onto the sultan's back.

Every death is multiplied, if you like.

Every great leader...

Every sultan...

Everybody calls it the fall of Constantinople.

Everyone's spirits are flagging and suddenly this amazing event occurs

Everything I have done, Sultan, has been done to serve you.

Everything we're trying, they're clever enough to get around us.

Everywhere they were surrounded by spies

Expectations for the 19 year old ruler are crushing.

Faced with the Ottoman threat,

Failed to break the city's defenses.

Failed to win a sea battle just off the walls,

Falls on the shoulders of Genoese soldier of fortune

Father, please,

Father.

Father...

Fetch me my cartographer and a scribe!

Fetch me my horse!

Fetch me Zaganos Pasha immediately.

Finish them, Baltaoglu.

Fire all the cannons we have on the land walls.

Fire the bombards.

Fire!

Fire.

Firearms on the battlefield

For 1100 years in that form.

For a sharp mind such as yours,

For a trading colony like yourselves, there will be plenty of business.

For an attack on Constantinople.

For both strategic thinking and good PR,

For Constantinople.

For God's sake, what are they talking about?

For his continued safety and upkeep.

For Mehmed, he's got additional issues,

For not being very seafaring.

For one empire to rise,

For one empire to rise, another must fall.

For one empire to rise...

For she who you fight to return to!

For the defenders, around whom they rallied.

For the Genoese mercenaries and their leader,

For the last... 1700 years tried and failed.

For the next 300 years.

For us now, horoscopes, you know, we don't all believe in it.

Forged of blood, steel, fortune and conquest.

Forgive me, my lord. May I?

Forgive me, Sultan, but we are in peril here.

Forgive me, Sultan. The guard told me you were due back.

Forgive me.

Forgive me...

Former Anatolian warlords and nomads

Former Christian slaves taken as children,

Forward charge!

Found a placement in the palace?

From a place where they couldn't see from Constantinople or from Galata.

From an early age,

From Constantinople,

From Europe for a thousand years.

From its roots sprang four mountain ranges,

From now on, no more crying, Mehmed.

From Roman allies in the Black Sea.

From the bottom of the moat to the top of the walls

From the Ottoman's old enemy, the Romans.

From the potential bloodletting ahead.

From the Serbian court, for the sultan's eyes only.

From the walls of Constantinople, you must lose a bit of heart.

Further isolating the emperor.

Gathering in the Aegean.

Gathering in the Mediterranean become reality.

Genoese soldier of fortune, Giovanni Giustiniani Longo.

Get me a messenger now.

Get ready, boys!

Get ready, boys.

Get up.

Giovanni Giustiniani,

Giovanni Giustiniani.

Giustiniani actually brought with himself this large professional army

Giustiniani and his Italian mercenaries prepare

Giustiniani and his men

Giustiniani and his men continue rebuilding the walls

Giustiniani and his men must defend 14 miles of city walls.

Giustiniani has his soldiers go down

Giustiniani is with his men

Giustiniani would go out and make small raids.

Giustiniani, maybe he's just run out of, uh, of energy.

Giustiniani.

Giustiniani..

Give him 100 lashings.

Give me a moment to dress.

Gladly.

Go back to the city.

Go back.

Go on!

Go, child.

Go, go, go!

Go!

God has smiled upon us!

God is with us and he'll help us to conquer.

God will be waiting.

God willing, we will end this tonight.

God!

Godspeed, brother.

Going towards the Persian Gulf

Good night.

Good. Good.

Governor,

Governor, do you believe in prophecies?

Grand Vizier, reunite Candarli Halil with his dear friend, Loukas Notaras.

Grand Vizier.

Grant has this reputation as being an engineer,

Greek Fire which is a kind of mixture of inflammable material and pine resin.

Growing entity.

Had brought charges against him.

Had to grow into it.

Halil Pasha,

Halil Pasha, I'll consider your suggestion.

Halil Pasha!

Halil Pasha.

Halil was still saying, let's try and cut a deal with these people,

Hardly.

Harming neither their families

Has always been a friend of the Ottoman people.

Has an equal right to the throne.

Has been serving as governor of Manisa

Has built a reputation as a fearless warrior

Has died.

Has such a weapon

Has the brazier gone cold in your own tent, Pasha?

Has Zaganos Pasha gone insane?

Have an answer to the miners.

Have been around for a few decades by this point.

Have faith, Lord Loukas.

Have faith, Loukas, God has spoken.

Have I not paid you well?

Have mercy for your commander.

Have nearly finished clearing the path for the sultan's ships.

Have shaken the emperor.

Have some faith, Orban.

Have that martial gene, I don't know.

Have the cooks prepare a feast for me tonight.

Have tried to take the city and failed.

Have tried to take the legendary walled city and failed.

Have turned back the Ottoman attack yet again.

Have you been talking to your father?

Have you heard?

Have you looked at the moon tonight?

Have you not eyes, Pasha?

He always called her "Hatun," "The Lady."

He always called her "Mother."

He baits me.

He boasts that one day he will take the city of Constantinople.

He can't leave! These men will abandon the fight!

He comes up with this idea that they can turn the whole flank

He couldn't give up because he bore on his shoulders

He didn't have any money.

He didn't think it was a useful thing to do.

He died.

He even tried to, uh, entice Giustiniani

He faced odds that none of us will ever face

He flees.

He fought like a true warrior.

He fought valiantly until when he didn't.

He fought very bravely, but then he ran away

He had done something that many people

He has a pizzazz, and he has luck,

He has commanded me to take Constantinople.

He has lost an eye for you.

He has no experience of,

He has to be quick, for three reasons.

He held the position of grand duke,

He invented ways to encourage them.

He is fascinating because he comes across as a warrior,

He is headstrong.

He kept the secret and took it to his grave.

He knew he was going to die.

He may rule over the remains of an empire.

He must make haste to Constantinople.

He now sees his own chances for victory slowly slipping away.

He offered his services to the emperor.

He put an end to the Roman Empire and he did it when he was only 21.

He put barrels with water,

He realizes that he's got a signal

He said, "Europeans could unite against us.

He says, "All right, it's got these huge walls

He says, "I need a crowning achievement..."

He says, "We have ships, we've proven we can run the blockade,"

He seems to have been a fantastic orator.

He sends them away, he won't even hear them.

He spoke Arabic, he spoke Persian,

He spoke Greek, and he spoke a Slavic dialect.

He spoke many languages, he spoke Turkish,

He takes it as a challenge.

He tried to play every side.

He waits in the Assembly Room.

He wants to do something that really captures the imagination.

He was able to put him at ease,

He was actually interested

He was an expert.

He was extremely brave, and he was untiring.

He was kept a prisoner.

He was the embodiment

He was the linchpin.

He was this rather unruly child who had to be beaten into submission.

He was up to the task when it finally came to it,

He was very conscious of duty,

He was willing to die for a cause that he believed in.

He who conquers Constantinople

He will pay for this.

He will take this center of Christian orthodoxy

He will want something for his pains.

He would absolutely be remembered as a real hero.

He would spare us, if we flee.

He's 21 years old and proclaims himself "Kayser i Rum,"

He's been making frequent visits.

He's brought to the throne and told that he is the ruler of the state.

He's going all in with this particular conquest.

He's met by an apocalyptic sight.

He's obviously a very stubborn man,

He's only 19 years old,

Heading north towards Constantinople with soldiers and supplies.

Hell bent on taking the city...

Hello, you wee shite!

Help will come for us.

Helping each other out for the highest price.

Here we are,

Here?

Hey!

Hinges on secrecy in a land riddled with spies.

His destiny will be written at the walls of Constantinople.

His father, Murad II,

His morale is shot and this is the moment really,

His new 126 ship navy has been probing the Roman defenses

His orders are to stop the Genoese from reaching Constantinople at all costs.

His own destiny remains unknown.

His stepmother, Mara Brankovic, a Serbian princess,

History will reward your loyalty, my friend.

Hm.

Hmm. Pirate?

Hmm...

Hoarding your wealth while women and children starve around you.

Hold!

Holy warriors and the heirs of Osman.

Hooray!

Hope will get you killed.

Hopefully should be arriving any day now.

How bad is he?

How brutally it ends is in your emperor's hands.

How can I rest with my son so unpredictable?

How could this be? Did they break through the chain?

How dare you speak to my viziers this way?

How did we not get word of this from Galata?

How do we know he's not betraying us?

How effective cannons can be against walls,

How I've longed to see you!

How much longer can you hold them off?

How this siege would end.

Hundreds of miles to the West,

Hundreds of Ottoman soldiers are killed.

I admire your enthusiasm, Zaganos Pasha,

I advise more patience.

I agree with Lord Giustiniani, Emperor.

I agree.

I always keep my promises.

I am all those things.

I am considering options, Pasha.

I am going to God, my friend.

I am here until the city is safe.

I am not yet sultan.

I am sorry.

I apologize for my behavior.

I assure you they'll accept it.

I beg you to reconsider your plan before it's too late.

I beg you,

I believe in the word of God.

I believe your comfort would ease the worst of agonies.

I bring word from the sultan himself!

I called my mother Ana.

I came here as soon as I received your note.

I can deal with them.

I can take it.

I can't even imagine what Constantine must have felt.

I can't even remember her face.

I cannot afford another embarrassment like that.

I come with important news.

I did not mean to interrupt your meal,

I didn't expect to see a noblewoman in these conditions.

I didn't pay you to build me a novelty, Orban.

I don't have to win.

I don't intend to leave until I see this siege through.

I don't know his name.

I don't know when, but soon.

I don't need your gold, Pasha.

I don't understand.

I don't want to go.

I fear it will go on like this until no one is left.

I fear now...

I fought with Suleyman Pasha in Bulgaria, he is a good man.

I gave all I could,

I hardly knew her.

I hate to think of you dying by his side

I have a message for someone.

I have as much a duty to my city as anyone.

I have asked too much of you.

I have considered it in full, but I fear I must decline.

I have failed you, Sultan.

I have given you every advantage possible.

I have killed hundreds in this siege.

I have known you since you were a small boy.

I have my ship waiting in the harbor.

I have never seen so many people in one place.

I have no choice but to obey his wish.

I have no doubt you will be victorious.

I have no intention of dying.

I have put under your command the largest fleet in our history.

I have ruled wisely. Tell him, Pasha!

I have some good friends in Galata

I haven't time for childish games,

I hear worrying rumors of much bloodshed in Constantinople.

I heard you speak Turkish to my men.

I just want to stop the bloodshed.

I just woke from a dream.

I knew I could rely upon you, Pasha.

I know them and I know their weak spots.

I mean, just the logistics of organizing an army in the 15th century.

I must believe there is still good in this world.

I must tend to it personally.

I need all of our cannons to stop them.

I need them to defend the walls along the Golden Horn.

I need to take this news myself.

I need you, Mother Mara

I need your ear. Get up.

I offer reason, mercenary.

I offered your emperor mercy and safety for everyone inside the city walls,

I only have a few minutes,

I only hope we can give them a decent burial.

I promise you, Sultan,

I promised you your time would come.

I saw General Stefan was here again.

I saw my father,

I see you're a Christian now.

I see you've thought quite a bit on how to end us.

I see.

I should check on my men.

I should have you all impaled!

I smell a rat!

I swear on my dead mother's grave, if you betray us

I think everyone involved was hoping against hope.

I think it's time you told me about this "warning" of yours.

I think we're due a pay rise, lads.

I think you just naturally want the hope that, uh, deliverance will come.

I thought you weren't coming.

I told you we couldn't trust these Catholic mercenaries.

I trust you.

I walked straight to Hagia Sophia...

I want a cannon that's gonna bring these things down."

I want the cannons firing day and night until the Romans come crawling out,

I want this cannon firing immediately.

I want those ships in the Golden Horn now.

I want to move the navy...

I was brought up in an orphanage.

I was hoping this day would never come.

I was not aware there were friendly ships still in the harbor

I was not told you were coming.

I wasn't aware you were visiting.

I will become the new Caesar.

I will bring down those walls.

I will build the capital of my empire here.

I will build the new capital for my empire there.

I will certainly try my best, Sultan.

I will crush all of them.

I will cut you in half and string your guts from Galata Tower.

I will die defending it.

I will have my men confirm your story. If you're lying to me

I will have yours now, coward!

I will immediately need your cannons moved to the gate of St. Romanus

I will inform you once I've made my decision.

I will make you governor of all the Aegean islands

I will not be the Constantine who lost the City of God.

I will pay you.

I will sacrifice my life for his.

I will see you again, on your throne in Constantinople.

I will silence my cannons in exchange for your silence.

I will take Constantinople.

I will take this city!

I will take you away, far away from this wretched place.

I will tell you what Mehmed should offer.

I wish...

I would choose my words wisely, Lord Notaras.

I would decree you head of the land forces.

I would have gladly died on my ship,

I would love nothing more than to deal with him personally.

I would move heaven and Earth for you, Sultan, but how?

I would pull it out."

I would wait,

I... I don't understand, Sultan, you want to move the army?

I... misunderstand?

I'd like to pay you the same compliment, Coco,

I'll be honored if you visit me on Lemnos."

I'll behead you right here.

I'll feed you to the scorpion fish.

I'll have a front row seat for your beheading...

I'll make sure of this.

I'll need your answer by sundown.

I'll tell you what I told them.

I'm a prince.

I'm a Roman nobleman with news that could help your cause.

I'm Ana.

I'm doing everything in my power, Pasha.

I'm gonna lead them and die with them."

I'm gonna... I'm gonna lead them and die with them."

I'm here for business.

I'm here...

I'm here... to discuss terms for truce.

I'm Loukas Notaras, the grand duke

I'm not gonna leave them to die alone.

I'm releasing you from the harem.

I'm rotting out here in the provinces.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sure of it.

I'm sure you will find a way to defeat them without my cannons.

I'm the only reason you are still alive.

I'm with you, therefore we'll conquer.

I'm, of course, only concerned for the emperor's safety.

I've arranged a unit of Janissaries to escort you home at week's end.

I've been a little preoccupied.

I've been called worse.

I've given everything I have.

I've heard much about your big guns.

I've never shown it to anyone else.

If a friendly ship comes then they will lower the chain so that they could enter.

If Caesar returns from the grave to lead Constantine's troops.

If even a whisper of this gets to him,

If Giustiniani had somehow magically disappeared from the scene

If he doesn't, get rid of him eventually.

If I could have a few more days

If I fail, I lose my throne,

If I were them,

If it is flattery you're looking for, turn back to your whimpering paymasters.

If my night watch sees any ship moving through the harbor,

If one of our cannons mistakenly hit your beautiful tower.

If our men cannot win with such an advantage,

If the Catholics are our only hope,

If the great empire of Rome...

If the infidels are forced to defend an attack from the Golden Horn,

If the Ottomans see you they will kill you on the spot.

If the siege took too long,

If the sultan is..

If there were to be something like you suggest.

If there's a Hungarian army waiting at your side

If they can only get in there,

If they can't break through them...

If they come.

If they fail, we won't have an army!

If they knew about it?

If they reach these walls, they'll come crashing down

If they're able to destroy the Ottoman fleet,

If they're not paid.

If this gun can bring down the walls of Constantinople,

If this has to be the end of the Roman Empire,

If true,

If Venetian galleys arrive with 100,000 men!

If we are lucky, perhaps she can fire in the morning.

If we can draw a comparison,

If we don't triple our payments

If we helped him save face...

If we survive.

If we think about the geography of Constantinople,

If we wait, we give them what they want.

If you are to have my trust,

If you care for me, you will.

If you could call him here, he would testify so.

If you fire them too often, for example,

If you keep this nonsense up,

If you knew who I was, soldier,

If you leave now, you can get through the blockade.

If you like him so much.

If you lose that game, you become a puppet sultan.

If you must execute me for my crimes, so be it.

If you voluntarily surrender.

If you were hit by this,

If you're standing there watching this happening

If your spies...

If... his soldiers wavered,

Imbued with legacy

Impulsive at times.

In 1453,

In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI

In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI,

In a capital anxious to see how the young sultan will rule.

In a war that could have easily been avoided.

In avenging their deaths!

In building something that was larger

In countless battles.

In exchange for a yearly payment from the Ottomans.

In God's grace, I said they would come.

In God's grace, they are not here... yet.

In his chambers, Sultana Mara.

In many senses, changed the nature of world history.

In my vision, you, too, were by my side, Pasha.

In one night.

In one way or another.

In order to stop this, you have the counter mining process.

In return for our lives, my lord.

In return for what?

In return,

In the Aegean Province.

In the art of defending cities.

In the Balkans at the time.

In the event of a victory.

In the form of their old adversaries,

In the Greater Eurasian, uh, landscape.

In the history of the Ottoman Empire.

In the hopes of avoiding the bloodshed.

In the lonely young prince, she finds a kindred spirit.

In the meantime, a salute for the emperor:

In the medieval world.

In the Ottoman throne, any member of the dynasty

In the Sea of Marmara, the winds have died completely.

In their ability to stir up civil war

Including that of the pirate,

Indeed. Which is why I wanted to reassure you.

Inside the city,

Interpreting comets or other sorts of celestial

Into makeshift shotguns.

Into piles of rubble.

Into the safety of the walls.

Is a 27 foot cannon called Basilica.

Is a master cannon founder from Hungary named Orban.

Is a welcome jolt of hope for the emperor in Constantinople.

Is among his closest allies

Is an answer the Spartans gave at the Pass of Thermopylae with Leonidas.

Is at least a week away.

Is getting across the ditch, the moat, which is quite deep.

Is launched on the night of April the 28th.

Is led by hundreds of Serbian silver miners.

Is led by Venetian naval officer, Giacomo Coco.

Is not just its weapons.

Is our fate to be thrown to the Ottoman dogs?

Is something that's often forgotten in the siege

Is Sultan Murad's third wife,

Is that not worth something?

Is the preservation of Constantinople.

Is the second most powerful man in the Ottoman Empire

Is this true?

Is very nervous about this.

Is yet to come.

It could change the entire course of the battle for Constantinople.

It created this incredibly hysterical atmosphere within the city,

It does me no good to live in the past.

It had walls of bronze, eight inches thick,

It has a very narrow entrance

It has protected the harbor for over seven centuries.

It is certainly not ideal,

It is God...

It is like medieval napalm

It is my duty.

It is now a last desperate sprint to the Golden Horn.

It is our assumption that

It is our time.

It is the beating heart at the center of our universe.

It is the prize of your new empire.

It is time to make our move.

It is virtually impenetrable.

It is you who are responsible for their failure.

It is your mind

It led me to Constantinople.

It must be absolutely terrifying.

It only reached the Aegean after the fall of Constantinople.

It represents layers of civilizations

It represents layers of empire,

It requires patience.

It takes wisdom,

It was a conquest.

It was always a threat that

It was both to catch people off guard

It was given to me.

It was in our interest to know what he had to say.

It was like a soft underbelly.

It was loaded with cargo worth 100,000 ducats.

It was one big event that showed the world

It was survival of the fittest

It was under better circumstances.

It wasn't a fall. Nothing fell.

It will be remembered.

It will be seen as our victory.

It will be splendid.

It will give me strength to know you are safe.

It will make Rome seem like a small village

It will take time.

It won't be hypothetical if we lose the faith of our men.

It would be a slow and horrible death.

It would have been a tragedy

It... it must have been absolutely terrifying.

It's a big metal tube that you shove a load of gunpowder into,

It's a clear victory regardless.

It's a credit to some of the visionaries in the Ottoman armed forces

It's a little late for that, Sultan.

It's a pretty sort of tragic business.

It's a sensitive matter.

It's about 100 feet high.

It's all about different techniques.

It's always good to keep friendly relations with the Hungarians.

It's an act of war.

It's been a couple years since I last saw you.

It's customary to bring gifts

It's dangerous inside the city.

It's dangerous.

It's decided.

It's eight meters long.

It's gone too far.

It's incredible metallurgical skill to make the thing,

It's just what some people like.

It's like there's a butterfly,

It's like, "We'll stay here, behind our walls,

It's more than just a strategic place.

It's much easier for them to kill you, than it is for you to kill them.

It's nearly demolished by their cannons

It's no good, Emperor.

It's not a request.

It's not about valiance or it's not about bravery,

It's not just a symbolic thing, for him it's a mystical and a...

It's not me who needs to be convinced, dear Giustiniani.

It's not with good tidings.

It's only a matter of time before the Christian army arrives.

It's out of my hands now.

It's the biggest building in all of Europe.

It's the hinge: Asia, Europe,

It's the largest concentration of cannons,

It's the time when this state turns around from being just one random principality

It's this moment where now both sides realize

It's too great a risk.

It's urgent.

It's what we do tomorrow

It's wiser to keep him close for now.

It's you who should watch your step.

It's yours.

It's, uh, fulfilling what was the tradition of the hadith

It's..

J Just a minute more, Sultan.

John Grant.

Just as Alexander conquered the East.

Just as I expected.

Just destined to be the center of the world.

Just four?

Just passage to Italy.

Justinian,

Keep our lookouts alert.

Keep them in sight of the city and have them ready to fire.

Kill them all!

Kind words,

Knew what I really think,

Knowing that in the next few seconds, that could happen to you.

Knowing the battle is far from over.

Lads, you're on!

Lady Therma?

Lady?

Land, and power,

Lash the ships together!

Last night's attack was a disaster.

Learn from this.

Leave him to me.

Leave me.

Leave the city? Now?

Led by Candarli Halil Pasha, the grand vizier,

Led by Zaganos Pasha,

Left with the entire Ottoman force

Less than 30 ships,

Let alone, the potential loss of life.

Let it not go easily.

Let me clean the wound, before it festers.

Let me go, you're hurting

Let me go!

Let me take your message. No one sees a girl like me.

Let me tend to his wound.

Let us go over the plans one more time, eh?

Let us now fulfill our destiny.

Let us send arrows into both of them and be done!

Let us take the Apple!

Let's go men, let's go!

Let's go.

Let's pray the Virgin Mother is looking over us.

Let's send the bastards to hell.

Let's show them what a Genoese bastard with a sword can do!

Lift the city's spirits for a moment.

Like most of the city and the emperor's court,

Like the Second World War, the tank.

Like your mother.

Literally translated:

Little cracks can develop, and then they blow up.

Look around, soldier.

Look at me.

Look!

Look... [breathing heavily]

Lord Giustiniani,

Lord Giustiniani, it's no secret there is no money in the treasury.

Lord Giustiniani, no man, dead or alive, will be left unpaid.

Lord Giustiniani, you and your men are a welcome sight.

Lord Giustiniani, you will have whatever we can get.

Lord Giustiniani?

Lord Giustiniani.

Lord Giustiniani...

Lord Loukas, knowing the Turks will come here,

Lord Loukas, Lord Sphrantzes,

Lord Loukas, you are a man of great wealth,

Lord Loukas, you would leave your emperor and countrymen at such a moment as this?

Lord Loukas! He held aloft a white flag!

Lords!

Make another offer for truce.

Many years ago, my ancestor, Osman, had a dream.

Mara Brankovic becomes a very important advisor in Mehmed's court.

Mara may have taken him under her wing.

Mara, news from Constantinople.

May I please speak?

May keep their possessions;

Maybe he wasn't gonna be able to follow his father,

Meaning?

Mehmed and his army crush the rebellion.

Mehmed and his generals survey the Romans' defenses

Mehmed being such a young boy,

Mehmed comes across as an extraordinarily complicated character.

Mehmed couldn't sustain this much longer.

Mehmed grew up in a very chilly atmosphere.

Mehmed had the utmost respect for her,

Mehmed has studied the 23 failed sieges.

Mehmed is a menace, but force is not the answer.

Mehmed is bogged down outside the walls.

Mehmed is like a son to me.

Mehmed is running out of time to find a way into Constantinople.

Mehmed is young, Halil Pasha.

Mehmed motivated people any way he could.

Mehmed must decide to withdraw and cut his losses, or change tactics.

Mehmed played it very, very wisely.

Mehmed realized that it was now or never.

Mehmed reveals his plan for Rumeli Hisari,

Mehmed sends his elite troops into the teeth

Mehmed takes the city, goes directly to the Hagia Sophia.

Mehmed the Conqueror,

Mehmed was very secretive,

Mehmed will lead his dogs home with their tail between their legs!

Mehmed, he's young and headstrong.

Mehmed, number one, understood his own people.

Mehmed, patience

Mehmed!

Mehmed's artillery teams continue their relentless bombardment

Mehmed's daring plan to bring more than 70 ships across land,

Mehmed's fear was, above all, any help that would come from Venice.

Mehmed's land forces open another front

Mehmed's plan to move his ships takes on even greater urgency,

Mehmed's troops quickly capture and destroy

Men!

Mercy is noble, Sultan.

Mercy is noble.

Mighty Janissaries!

Miners, who were from Serbia,

Mmm argh!

More likely than not, they're gonna blow up in your face.

More than his own personal dignity

Morior invictus.

Most of North Africa, the whole of the Middle East,

Mother Mara.

Move!

Much of the outer wall has been reduced to rubble.

Multi ethnic,

Murad is dead,

Must end tonight,

Must have bred huge resentment.

My ancestors,

My brother's wife went into labor from the distress

My brothers!

My court astrologers have watched the skies.

My dear governor,

My faith is inseparable from this city.

My family's here!

My father built the foundation of our empire...

My lord, Captain Tommaso has returned with urgent news.

My lord, it's as you suspected.

My lord, you must do something.

My lord...

My master's friend.

My men will stay... or go.

My name is Therma, sir...

My news may hearten you.

My offer would make you wealthier than the emperor himself.

My old friend.

My only condition is they must be ready and on the battlefield in three months.

My only hope was that this news would see you retreat, Sultan.

My own father faltered at these walls,

My parents were Turkish.

My place is here,

My prince.

My son, when you are ready.

My stepmother warns of conspiracy from the Balkan states.

My sultan.

My teacher.

Near, but not impossible.

Needs to be dealt with, Pasha.

Newly reinforced by order of Emperor Constantine,

Nine years earlier during his first reign.

No Muslims, no Christians, no Romans, no Ottomans.

No need.

No one has more to lose in a war with the Ottomans.

No one really knows, uh... what kind of a ruler he would be,

No one's heard anything like this before,

No, Majesty.

No, mercy! Mercy!

No, no, no, no, no!

No!

No! Have you no mercy?

No.

No. No, I won't leave you!

Nobody had found a way across it.

Nobody penetrated.

Nonsense.

Nor their belongings,

Not a band of Italian mercenaries.

Not exile.

Not for you own glory?

Not least because early firearms were prone to explode.

Not least because there's also the risk the Byzantines might be helped

Not least from Muslim armies in the past.

Not one of them is honorable enough to see this wretched siege through,

Not only is it a strategically useful thing to have done,

Not yet.

Notaras is Greek and Orthodox Christian,

Nothing to be concerned about.

Nothing?

Now clean your face,

Now come... and kiss my hand.

Now go.

Now I go into exile, willingly.

Now if you examine a coin of Constantine XI...

Now make haste, go to the Marmara walls while there's time.

Now that my father is gone, I owe you your freedom.

Now, how do you tear them down? You need artillery.

Now, I order you to go forth and create chaos.

Now, it's time to attack.

Now, please,

Now.

Now... go. [sniffles]

Number two, understood the enemy.

Nuns raised me.

Of 2,000 people, and these guys are professional soldiers.

Of Constantinople's walls.

Of course they are.

Of course!

Of Emperor Constantine's defenses,

Of Orthodox Christianity.

Of practicing astronomy and astrology

Of something that had been set in train a thousand years before

Of the attack by dragging ships overland from the Bosporus

Of the critical zone, the center of the wall,

Of the failed Roman attack on the ships in the harbor.

Of the Golden Horn for weeks.

Of the Ottoman army.

Of who their ancestors were:

Offer some sort of truce?

Offer terms for a truce to end the siege.

Offering his services as a cannon maker.

Oh, I've died and gone to hell.

Oh! Oh!

On the borders between Christendom and Islam,

On the outskirts of Constantinople at Easter,

Once I take Constantinople,

Once this bloody affair is behind us,

Once this roadway has been built, greased and everything is ready to roll,

One day he will make a cannon even bigger than Basilica.

One day, it will return when you need it most.

One of the key issues in, uh, siege warfare

One of the main tasks of astrologers was designating an auspicious moment.

One ruler will emerge victorious

One was that the city would be founded,

One wrong move,

One, he has to be quick in order to finish the city off

Only three of which were military.

Only to be repulsed by the severely damaged,

Or a prime minister.

Or be the one who could establish leadership.

Or have to take the throne by force.

Or I will find viziers that will.

Or maybe he'd been bribed by the Greeks to kind of divert Mehmed.

Or meteorological occurrences,

Or setting a fire underneath, and then that would have the same effect,

Or that slippery bootlick, Notaras?

Or we don't stand a chance.

Or you conquer me.

Orban, if you are lucky,

Osman.

Our ancestors fought and died at this wall.

Our beloved city is lost.

Our cannons have turned the mighty walls of Constantinople

Our Gods, they're...

Our humble little colony in Galata

Our spies in Constantinople have been hearing rumblings of this for days now.

Our swords are now pointed at Constantinople

Our time is at hand.

Out of my sight. All of you.

Out of my way, old man.

Out of the blue, wild plan

Out of the carnage one ruler will emerge victorious

Out of the carnage,

Out of the carnage, one ruler will emerge victorious

Outside the walls.

Over land.

Over the ensuing weeks, Mehmed's forces attempt numerous assaults on the city

Paid or otherwise, then I must have yours...

Pasha, I can assure you

Pashas, where have you been?

Pashas...

Peace is much more profitable.

People didn't know was he up to the job?

People from all parts of the world come through our gates to trade,

Perhaps a good deed of charity like this will help in our cause in front of God.

Perhaps it takes a child to solve this riddle.

Perhaps the Ottomans will finally learn their place.

Perhaps we should consult with your father before making any final decisions.

Perhaps you can use his carelessness...

Perhaps, but the sultan is proud and has lost much in both men and pride.

Perhaps.

Perhaps...

Personalities of the 15th century.

Pick yourselves up and prepare.

Pin the emperor's soldiers down behind the walls.

Plans?

Please no! No!

Please remember that when you grow old, if you grow old.

Please, continue.

Please, my intentions are honorable.

Prepare for an attack as quickly as possible.

Prepare the archers!

Prepare the Greek Fire.

Prepare to board!

Prince Mehmed.

Prince Orhan represents this long Byzantine tradition of diplomacy.

Promise me... promise me you'll join me in Chios.

Propagated by the defeatist elements in the army.

Provide a covert way outside the city.

Punish me, Sultan,

Push forward!

Put out the fires!

Putting them in what will soon become a killing field.

Putting them on a collision course with the Ottoman naval blockade.

Quickly, men!

Raiding Ottoman lands in Anatolia.

Reaches the Balkans.

Reaching all the way to Eastern Europe..

Read it.

Ready the horses.

Ready to march on Constantinople.

Ready!

Ready?

Really, there was nobody in the Balkans who could stop them.

Reinforcements from the pope

Release!

Remake the walls, and that actually works better than the original wall

Remember this blood moon, Mehmed.

Remember what I told you long ago?

Repel every attack.

Reports of the Venetians sending more ships and men imminently.

Retreat!

Retreat! Retreat!

Roman Emperor Constantine XI,

Rome will always drag its feet when it comes to Orthodox Christians.

Rumors are always rife, my dear.

Rumors encouraged by our own spies.

Rush outside the ramparts of the outer walls and into the moat.

Salutations, Sultan.

Save yourself.

Say what you will, Sultan,

Say what's actually on your mind for once.

Second is that there was opposition in the military,

See to it that Lord Giustiniani has everything he needs

Selim Pasha...

Send him in.

Send it!

Send out a search party for the fleet.

Send the Bashi Bazouks.

Send the Regulars.

Send this to our Turkish friend

Sends tremors throughout Constantinople

Sent a request.

Serving you.

Sharpen your swords and steel your souls, for we fight as brothers, as Romans!

She fires a cannon ball two and a half meters in diameter

She was crucial.

She was related to everybody,

She was seen leaving the city.

She was the link between the Slavic world,

Shifts into high gear.

Should you wish to use it.

Signore Lomellini.

Since I last saw you.

Since the time of the Romans,

Singled out in front of the whole army,

Sink them, Baltaoglu, do it now!

Sir!

Sit down and enjoy the show.

Sits just below Mehmed's planned route for his ships,

Sleep well.

Slowly choke us...

So Constantine sends back more messengers,

So Constantine tries to...

So don't tell me you don't know a hidden way out of the city.

So he was able to use him.

So he's gotta make this happen quickly.

So I have a proposal.

So if you think about what it is,

So in some ways it's a tactical decision.

So it was the declaration that the walls are obsolete.

So it's a huge gamble.

So long as the Holy Spirit is with us,

So that's animal fat,

So the Genoese could participate.

So the operation was postponed for a number of days

So the siege is for the benefit of your people, Sultan?

So then, what's your asking price?

So there was a lot of that.

So these great images of Christ Pantocrator and the Virgin Mary

So these guys must have been particularly terrifying to look at.

So they were trying to play every possible side.

So this chain will impede their entrance,

So we give them the opportunity to change their minds,

So we go round the chain.

So we see a kind of spiral of brutality unfolding

So you have another bunch of guys digging under the ground,

So you would succeed.

So,

So, terrifying, yes,

So, there's this naval aspect to the siege that's often forgotten.

So, we have this tradition of court astrologers

So, when a Hadirika comes next to a galleon, you have to climb to it.

So, you'll conquer and you'll get these riches.

So, you're the Genoese nightmare that stalks walls.

So..

Some have wondered if Allah himself could do it.

Some in the council feel your allegiance is with the sultan.

Some warmth?

Somehow everything that Mehmed does,

Something that was multi religious,

Soon we will fight for our lives.

Sound the alarm bells.

Spare me the history lesson.

Spare yourselves, spare us all.

Speaking in hypotheticals.

Specifically the merchant ship your cannons sank in the harbor today.

Sphrantzes says to the emperor, "You should flee."

Spies secretly back channel between the Roman and Ottoman courts.

Standing between your sultan and chaos.

Starts to become important for Mehmed.

Steel, fortune and conquest.

Still it would be prudent to remember the temperament of the man.

Still working?

Stop it!

Strategically located on the European side of the Bosphorus Strait,

Strategy...

Study the failures of your father,

Suddenly, a mighty wind blew and the swords all pointed to one city...

Sultan Mehmed II enters Constantinople.

Sultan Mehmed II unleashes an artillery attack on Constantinople...

Sultan Mehmed II's siege of Constantinople

Sultan,

Sultan, a message.

Sultan, I urge you to reconsider.

Sultan, the Governor Lomellini is here to see you.

Sultan, the Red Apple will fall in time.

Sultan, the Romans are under control...

Sultan, this is not diplomacy.

Sultan, we have the terms drawn up.

Sultan, we must retreat and regroup.

Sultan, we've found the grand duke.

Sultan, you misunderstand me.

Sultan!

Sultan.

Sultan. A message from the Aegean Islands.

Sultana Mara, the sultan has arrived.

Supplying grains and goods to your army,

Sure.

Surely there are more.

Surely they wouldn't approve of you running through the woods at night?

Surrender is no longer even an option.

Surrounded by people who use crossbows...

Take Constantinople.

Take cover!

Take heart, my lord.

Take it to him yourself, Lord Loukas,

Take me from this city.

Take me there.

Take me with you when you leave the city.

Take the sultan!

Take this half breed dog away. He'll look better without his head.

Take up a position between the inner and outer walls

Take up your swords and join me in this battle!

Take who you can, go to Chios.

Taking Constantinople would be near impossible for Alexander, or Caesar.

Taking down the massive walls

Taking that power away from him...

Talk sense into him.

Taxes, increased borders, territory

Teacher, when my father came back

Tell me why not?

Tell me your offer?

Tell me, Sultan...

Tell the men to rest tonight.

Tell the sultan I'll join him as swiftly as my feet will carry me.

Tell the world how valiantly we Romans fought here tonight.

Tell your sultan the emperor prefers peace with the Ottomans.

Than a cardinal's cap inside these walls.

Than just an Ottoman and a Turkish empire.

Thank you for all your lessons, teacher.

Thank you for bringing your concerns to me, Governor.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you, Captain.

Thank you, Sultana.

Thank you...

That a certain number of sailors had been captured.

That adheres to whatever it touches and burns for hours.

That another errant shot could hit a house or a school.

That Constantine the Great built from dust.

That enable you to kill people at a distance

That had been one, almost continuous story of imperial rule and Christianity.

That harbor is filled with Turkish ships.

That have been chopped down to help roll the ships along.

That have been embedded in it.

That he's everything that his father wished him to be.

That he's no longer gonna have that power.

That is a matter I cannot discuss.

That is our front line.

That it was surrounded by prophecies.

That Mehmed's enemies to the East and West will attack his bogged down army.

That must have been very terrifying.

That never disbands, they're always there,

That no other sultan has achieved.

That no quarter will be asked, and no quarter will be given.

That stretches all the way back to Augustus.

That the grand vizier and the others in the sultan's court

That the Hungarian king could come with a major relieving force

That the one who takes Constantinople will be truly blessed.

That the Turks were elated.

That there was gonna be reinforcements coming from the West.

That there will one day be a great commander

That they could be looking at the end of the world.

That this does not herald an attack on Constantinople?"

That was a Genoese trade ship from Galata.

That was completely out of most people's imagination.

That we give them the opportunity to negotiate a new treaty,

That will be all, thank you.

That will be important.

That will soon bring the Ottomans and Romans

That will win the fight.

That would be terrible.

That would make me very unhappy

That you could not fail,

That's all I have!

That's an additional three and a half miles of sea walls

That's as likely to blow up in your face as it is to blow up the enemy.

That's not gonna make you many friends.

That's one less family that's gonna exist.

That's one less person to go home and till the fields.

That's one less person to pay taxes.

That's out of the question.

That's the first standing army in Europe. This has never happened before.

That's why Mehmed II would go to great lengths in order to open a...

The Admiral, Baltaoglu,

The ambitious young crown prince clashes with his father's grand vizier.

The amount of food that you need take from your peasantry to support the army.

The amount of the state's wealth that you need to invest in arms and pay.

The Ancients believed the blood moon was a portent of great change.

The army of that nation."

The astrologers have confirmed it.

The attack will take place under the cover of night.

The Balkan world, Italian city states...

The barrel is cracking.

The battle shifts in the defenders favor

The battle will decide the fate of the city.

The battlefield is littered with the dead and dying.

The biggest addition to the Ottoman war machine

The biggest cannon that's ever been made up to that point,

The biggest threat to the Romans' 1100 year reign

The bombardment obscures the sounds of his men

The capital of the Ottoman Empire.

The centerpiece of Mehmed's artillery attack

The chain is lowered and they get through.

The chain spans half a mile from Constantinople to Galata

The choice that Giustiniani has to make is,

The Christians eventually tie themselves together,

The chronicles say that the emperor promised him the island of Lemnos.

The city desperately needs soldiers and ships from the pope.

The city is also still reeling from the bloody aftermath

The city is not yet lost, Lord.

The city was doomed, everyone knew it.

The city will fall.

The commander of that nation."

The Conqueror.

The constant firing overhead is..

The copper isn't holding as I had hoped.

The cost will be steep.

The cracks are growing larger.

The Crown Prince has been living in semi exile for several years

The death of Ottoman Sultan Murad II in 1451

The defeat is devastating for Mehmed.

The defenders are faced with a new problem.

The defenders are getting exhausted, their walls are being eroded,

The defenders are overwhelmed

The defenders were tired after that,

The defenders, led by Italian soldier of fortune,

The defenders, uh, responded

The devil himself speaks Greek.

The dream of everybody!

The drums are beating.

The dying winds slow the Genoese warships.

The emperor has also promised the same island

The emperor has offered you the island of Lemnos

The emperor hits you and you will hit back harder.

The emperor put the Genoan in charge of the defenses.

The emperor readies his men.

The emperor was unable to pay.

The emperor will soon feel how deeply they cut.

The emperor would be a fool not to embrace it in the circumstances.

The entrance to the Golden Horn has one protector...

The esteemed general of the North,

The extraordinary wall of sound that they created.

The fact that they then are able to take these ships

The fate of the city is in your hands.

The few remaining Roman outposts outside of Constantinople,

The fickle winds of the Marmara intervene once again...

The fierce, but unpredictable volunteers are Mehmed's first wave of attackers.

The fighting reaches a new level of brutality.

The first of many.

The fort cuts off all supplies and military aid

The fortress is ominously nicknamed "The Throat Cutter."

The gate is open! Come on, men!

The gate of St. Romanus will be their primary target.

The gates of the city flew open.

The Genoese are merchant states

The Genoese find safe harbor inside the Golden Horn,

The Genoese fleet has been sent by the pope.

The Genoese Governor of Galata is here to see you.

The Genoese in Galata have trafficked in information for centuries.

The Genoese in Galata warned the Turks that this attack is coming.

The Genoese ships must not reach the city under any circumstance, Admiral.

The gravest threat of all is that the pope will send reinforcements from Europe

The gravest threat to Mehmed's rule comes in late 1451

The great grand vizier,

The great heroes of the Roman past.

The great tree's leaves turned to gleaming swords.

The greatest minds in my empire can offer me nothing?

The Greek world, the Ottoman world,

The holiest day in the Christian world.

The Holy Spirit has saved us today.

The Hungarians and Serbs.

The Hungarians launched a crusade against Mehmed

The idea of future, the idea of the uncertain,

The Italian mercenaries are gathering on the sea walls.

The Italian mercenaries must counter the Ottomans' might

The Italian on the walls,

The Italians fight in thicker plate armor

The Janissaries were all about javelins and archery.

The Janissaries were the most capable force

The Janissaries.

The land walls will be vulnerable.

The largest city has always been Constantinople.

The largest ever designed.

The legendary Janissaries are his last and only hope for taking Constantinople.

The lesson will be remembered.

The Lord is the maker of them all."

The man tasked with stopping them is Mehmed's top admiral,

The man's a genius, you know, let's follow him.

The massive operation is dependent upon complete secrecy.

The monumental task of keeping the Ottomans out of the city

The most disciplined, who are fanatically loyal.

The new "Caesar of Rome."

The new Rome.

The night before the last battle,

The noblemen will be with you.

The odds of taking Constantinople grow longer.

The one indispensable man in the defense of Constantinople.

The only one who knows these guns as well as me.

The Ottoman camp is beset by a sense of despair.

The Ottoman fleet passing over the hills behind their city?

The Ottoman sailors pick up the pace,

The Ottomans are bogged down outside Constantinople.

The Ottomans don't like long sieges.

The Ottomans don't like long, drawn out campaigns.

The Ottomans had these, what's called Hadirika,

The Ottomans set out on the 148 mile march

The Ottomans take heavy casualties, but press the attack.

The Ottomans worked on warfare on many levels,

The outcome will be inevitable.

The people of Constantinople

The plague.

The pope could send an army against us.

The pope will be sending troops in the coming weeks.

The Promised Land.

The Prophet said, "You shall conquer Constantinople.

The prophets have spoken.

The purpose of the nightly adventures outside the walls?

The Red Apple will be given to the fateful.

The richest man in all of the Balkans.

The ripest.

The Romans and their Italian mercenaries are laughing at us.

The Romans are caught off guard, and are now vulnerable.

The Romans are now forced to defend Constantinople on two fronts.

The Romans are on their own.

The Romans have...

The Romans look out from their walls

The Romans wanted to use him against the Ottomans.

The royal family of,

The ruling family of Serbia,

The saboteurs plan to use Greek Fire

The same could be said about your emperor and his Italian mercenaries.

The same weapons that stand between you and the Ottomans at the gate.

The scorpion fish will... [whispers] pick their bones clean.

The Sea of Marmara is renowned for its treacherous winds and currents.

The secret mission to destroy the Ottoman fleet

The Serbian miners clandestinely tunnel from the Ottoman trenches

The Serbian miners continue tunneling towards the city.

The Serbian ruler Durad Brankovic,

The ships are dragged up out of the water

The siege enters its second month.

The siege of Constantinople is at a crossroads.

The signs were good.

The stalemate between the Roman defenders and the Ottoman Army continues.

The stars have aligned, Mehmed.

The sultan has bested us at nearly every turn,

The sultan of the Ottomans.

The sultan requests your presence at the palace.

The sultan will show mercy.

The sultan won't be swayed.

The sultan's cannons

The sultan's right hand.

The sweetest.

The techniques more intense,

The throne will be yours, my son, when you are ready.

The time of the infidels and the Romans has passed!

The timing is right.

The tower of Galata.

The troops were getting restless.

The Turks are no match for Giustiniani, my lord.

The Turks come in, and Giustiniani fights them off

The Turks have suffered heavy losses every time they've attacked.

The use of mercenaries or foreign experts

The Venetians planned this, approved by the emperor,

The Venetians waited and waited... [chuckles] and waited.

The wall of sound, you know,

The Wallachians would be with us as well.

The walls of Constantinople are damaged, but standing.

The walls of the city by then setting off some gunpowder,

The walls will hold, Lord.

The walls will hold!

The walls won't last until sundown if this continues.

The warships enter the Sea of Marmara on April the 20th,

The warships prepare to sail for Constantinople,

The weaker, poorly defended seaward walls along the Golden Horn.

The West can't forget about us.

The whole system is about 200 feet deep;

The world has ever seen.

The wounds will heal.

The young sultan must have his full support

The youngest sultan

Their defeats will inform your triumph

Their imminent arrival could save the city.

Their ships are in the harbor, yes.

Their weakness in terms of military strength,

Then finish the job in one blow.

Then four rivers.

Then I have your support in this endeavor?

Then it is just as well I am faithful.

Then let him kneel before the emperor, and beg for it!

Then let us write our own history in these fateful hours!

Then please,

Then send them!

Then start with yourself, I could spare you.

Then the Genoese find out about it

Then there is an open area that troops had to run across,

Then there is an outer wall with towers on it,

Then there's another killing field, and then there's an inner wall.

Then you would have been doomed.

Then you would've been doomed.

Then your entire army could be annihilated.

Then, if you agree, we can send word to the emperor.

Then, we will use our hands and minds

There are 14 miles of walls to defend, Emperor.

There are a few people in world history

There are all sorts of accounts as to how this happened, what happened.

There are five layers to the walls.

There are rumors reported daily of a fleet

There are some whispers

There are troubling rumors circulating through camp.

There are two ways out:

There could be more crusades coming.

There hadn't really been a professional army wandering around

There is a coin of Emperor John VIII,

There is a Genoese ship readying to depart from the Golden Horn.

There is a matter which requires the sort of confidence

There is a price for my knowledge.

There is much to be done.

There is no established line of succession.

There is no longer time for childish pursuits, Prince.

There is no room for haste.

There is no time for this petty bickering.

There is no weapon strong enough to bring them down.

There is still hope.

There is the old cistern system.

There is word of an army of 40 Italian ships

There is...

There was a prophecy that Constantinople would fall after a lunar eclipse.

There was always this idea that, um, the Ottomans are very much land based,

There was gonna be reinforcements coming from the West.

There was no guarantee that he was gonna win this.

There were guys from both faiths and from all over the world

There will be no looting.

There, you will be educated and learn to be a ruler.

There's a prophecy that Constantinople's the Red Apple, and a warrior will come,

There's a rumor,

There's a ship waiting for us in the harbor.

There's a silver, nice coin.

There's a temptation to just pick up the camp and walk away,

There's always a clash,

There's more talk of the emperor releasing Prince Orhan.

There's no guarantee that the siege is gonna be successful.

There's no honor in suicide. The Turks will have our heads.

There's no more time for ifs, Pasha. We must take the city.

There's no shame in it.

There's one other matter.

There's only one line of walls and it's not well protected.

There's several points where the Ottomans almost give up and go away.

There's several rules of war set down in the Quran,

There's the outer moat,

There's the story that on the last day of Constantinople,

There's this wonderful speech that Constantine gives right before the battle

Therefore causing the walls to fall down.

These are complicated times, my dear.

These are huge cannons.

These cannons are not the cannons we know from 18th century, 19th century.

These cannons have huge firing power, but could only fire every three hours.

These captives become this standing army

These Italian recruits would only fight as long as the money kept flowing!

These men have risked their lives to protect us.

These reports you speak of,

They also had military bands...

They are among the strongest ever constructed.

They are certain.

They are coming!

They are coming! Close that gate!

They are demanding more pay.

They are Genoese, Lord Loukas.

They are met with a wall of cannon fire.

They are now sitting ducks for the approaching Ottomans.

They are ordinary boats.

They become the backbone of this empire.

They belong to the condottieri,

They betrayed me.

They brought skills of intimidation to sieges.

They built that road for many days,

They can fire down on the Ottoman ships.

They can then set up operations against that side of the walls.

They could lose everything.

They could reach the city within a month.

They died when I was young.

They don't have a kind of dramatic religious policy,

They don't have a kind of plan except to get rich.

They expecting us to hide behind the walls in fear.

They finally put an armada together to send to Constantinople,

They had a unity of command

They hardly ever listened to their supreme commander.

They have a plan, and it will be deadly.

They have been firing directly over our city all day.

They have fighting experience.

They have less than 7,000 to patrol 14 miles of wall.

They have these colorful uniforms.

They have to defend which stretches their limited resources even further.

They have us pinned down on both sides.

They know that Venice has voted to send help in the form of their navy,

They like quick warfare

They literally stood halfway to heaven, between God and man,

They moved to Constantinople to find a better life.

They must devise a plan to put the Ottomans on the defensive.

They offered me to get us... you and your court out of the city.

They remain a constant threat.

They showed me the road ahead.

They stopped me.

They supplied the Ottoman forces.

They thought it predicted the end of the city.

They used to go and help Giustiniani and the defense.

They used to stretch the chain,

They went around it.

They were all well equipped, well armored.

They were God's sword arm on Earth.

They were lucky, Sultan.

They were running after the most glory.

They will be remembered.

They will be watching!

They will come, and the walls will hold...

They will die before they surrender.

They will escalate things.

They will go under them.

They will have no choice but to sound the alarms

They will never survive this.

They will not come from the Horn.

They will storm this gate.

They will try and shame you as the boy they remembered, Sultan.

They will want to test you.

They would have told us.

They'd want nothing more than for me to disappear.

They're always ready to fight.

They're not so different.

They're pretty rudimentary things.

They're running out of food.

They're saying the Christian fleet is just days from here.

They're slowing down!

They're the most feared army in the Balkans.

They're too busy executing Ottoman prisoners to sweet talk me.

They've stopped every army that has tried to take the city.

They've threatened to release your Uncle Orhan

Things don't have to escalate.

Think about my offer.

Think about the importance of continuity for a new sultan

This big figure, Candarli Halil,

This day was always going to come, Emperor.

This definitely underscores in his mind

This great empire that will go on to dominate a third of Europe,

This gun would blast through the walls of Babylon.

This is

This is a severe blow because the Roman defenses are stretched thin as it is.

This is an area where loads of Christian ships are all kind of moored up in there.

This is an extraordinary piece of military engineering.

This is an honorable man who has proven himself a loyal soldier

This is exactly what I warned against.

This is madness!

This is my new cannon.

This is not your fight.

This is open betrayal.

This is your doing!

This kind of concentrated the minds of everybody else,

This might be painful.

This particular setting,

This sword has seen too many battles to count.

This time loaded down with gifts, and say,

This turns out to be a pretty bad mistake.

This was always cited as the Promised Land.

This was his character

This was the man.

This way.

This will be over by dinner.

This will be yours again.

Those doubts extend beyond the capital to the Ottoman's many enemies.

Those walls still stand, no matter the size of our cannons.

Though by the look on your face,

Thousands of Ottoman soldiers

Three ships bring supplies from the pope,

Time is running out on the stranded Genoese fleet,

To a seemingly impassable problem.

To be the Roman emperor.

To being the dominant force in world politics for 300 years.

To claim the throne,

To come in and start firing people and executing them as soon as you get in,

To Constantinople.

To defend the walls.

To Emperor Constantine.

To forge a new age from the ashes.

To go burn the Turkish boats that were in the harbor.

To hell!

To help grease these various trees

To his more... reckless plans.

To incinerate the 76 Ottoman ships and sink them.

To intensify their barrage on the weakened walls.

To launch a counterattack against Mehmed's troops

To protest construction of the fort.

To reach that aim, you do whatever is necessary

To send to Constantinople.

To silence those greedy thugs.

To smash someone in the skull with an ax, or to stab them through the chest.

To surpass the Roman's trap,

To survive the onslaught,

To take control of the city's, um, surroundings...

To take down the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople.

To take the throne back

To the brink of war.

To the city walls.

To think around a really practical solution

To three others fighting with you.

To weaken the walls, so they could fall down.

To your advantage.

Tomorrow we take the city.

Tonight, we will avenge them.

Tonight...

Too many people have died.

TRAITOR

Trouble could be brewing for the Ottomans

Trying to listen out for the first bunch of guys digging around.

Turks are everywhere.

Turning the attackers into the attacked.

Twenty three armies have tried to take the legendary city,

Twenty three Armies have tried to take the legendary city,

Twenty three armies have tried to take the legendary city,

Twenty three armies have tried to take the legendary city.

Twenty three armies have tried to take this city and failed.

Two hundred miles away, Sultan Murad's son, Mehmed II,

Two orphans,

Two, if the winds are favorable.

Uh, 10,000 ducats.

Uh, and it's really a morale booster for the besieged people.

Uh, by an emperor whose name was Constantine,

Uh, Constantinople, uh,

Uh, Jacob. My son and my apprentice.

Uh, the last day of the siege he was... I have to do justice to him.

Uh, the whole, uh, morale of the defenders collapses.

Uh, tries to threaten him.

Uh... if needed, but he will take that city.

Uh... um,

Ultimately, Mehmed,

Um... I mean... no, I...

Um... that dictate the way that we should treat such people.

Uncertain whether he'll be named Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Underneath the walls to undermine, what's where the word comes from,

Understood.

Unfortunately, after displaying such incredible fortitude and bravery,

Unleashes a chain of events

Unless they arrive tomorrow, they do us no good.

Unless you're a spy.

Unlike any the world has ever known.

Unnerving.

Up to the point that the Genoese government

Usually eclipses are considered as bad signs, bad omen.

Very well.

Victory is virtually impossible.

Victory or death.

Wage an epic battle for Constantinople.

Wake up, you old Greek.

Wake up!

Wake up.

Walking on top of the domes in order to survey the beauty.

Was it not?

Was Loukas Notaras.

Was reported to the Romans.

Was there something you wanted?

Watching you sleep like an angel?

Water surrounds it on pretty much all its sides.

We all lose.

We are all brothers in the eyes of God.

We are all the same in Allah's eyes.

We are doomed.

We are Ghazi,

We are going to need more than that, Father.

We are long out of money and running out of time.

We are no friends of the pope.

We are privileged to defend this city

We are the protectors that have kept the scourge of Islam

We begin.

We both know it's just a matter of time.

We brought Halil Pasha.

We brought Suleyman Pasha.

We can end the naval threat.

We can hold off the Turks, Emperor, I swear to you.

We can leave the old and the clergy to defend the seaside walls.

We can sink every ship they have.

We can still escape if we leave now.

We can surrender now.

We can turn this into an advantage.

We can't allow them to stay in the harbor.

We can't keep delaying. I don't understand the hold up!

We don't have to sleep.

We don't know what she was.

We don't need your advice.

We fought till we could fight no more.

We give them the chance to extricate themselves

We have been betrayed.

We have been pounding the walls for nearly two weeks

We have repeatedly shown our support of the sultan,

We have to get him to the surgeon or he won't make it!

We helped your father, rest his soul,

We just need the winds to pick up.

We live or die in the moat!

We might as well surrender to the Turks!

We must act quickly.

We must avoid confrontation until Catholic help arrives from Europe.

We must defend with all we have, there.

We must get word to Constantinople!

We must keep those Ottoman bastards at bay until the fleet arrives.

We must leave for the capital.

We must not let them reach the walls,

We must teach the child a lesson!

We must teach the prince humility...

We need to move before word gets out.

We need to send soldiers to the harbor walls.

We need to weaken their defenses more before we send in the army.

We only have the Janissaries.

We ran the blockade, my lord.

We scanned the seas from dusk till dawn,

We viziers are working to find a prudent solution.

We will be even closer neighbors.

We will be in better shape then.

We will be safe.

We will control the Bosphorus and every ship that travels through it.

We will make the Genoese pay for their bravery in blood.

We will need all men of fighting age.

We will send the Genoese to the bottom of the sea.

We will settle this after the Turks are gone.

We will take the Red Apple

We'll give her a break after this one. Okay?

We'll see each other soon.

We'll soon find out if the emperor loves his city enough to die for it.

Well, more often than not, Scots.

Were melted down to cast the thing.

Were to see something that I wished to remain unseen,

What a glorious day!

What a wonderful leader will her leader be.

What about my birds?

What are they angry at now?

What are you after, Mara?

What are you doing, Prince?

What business have you here?

What could possibly be so urgent, Angelo Pasha?

What could there be to know, Lord?

What do our spies say?

What do you think?

What does it mean?

What I say must not leave this tent.

What infernal machine is going to come at us now?"

What is it, daughter?

What is it, sister?

What is it?

What is the meaning of this?

What is this?

What is to stop me from cutting off your head,

What is your name?

What is your plan?

What kind of sorcery is this?

What news from Constantinople?

What of the Catholics and the pope?

What sort of request?

What sort of rumors?

What terms do you suggest?

What will you do to fix this?

What will you do with your new jewel?

What would happen then?

What you need right now, is to turn defeat into victory!

What's he doing?

What's on your mind?

What's the delay, Orban Pasha? Why isn't my Bear firing?

What's wrong, Mama?

What's your name?

Whatever I please.

When all seems lost.

When he so clearly needed it?

When I came here as a small child, you treated me as your own.

When I die,

When it's seen as simply a clash between Christian and Muslim.

When Mehmed comes to the throne,

When summoned by the sultan in the middle of the night.

When the slave master wasn't looking.

When there is a new sultan inheriting his father's grand vizier,

When these crusader armies attacked the Ottomans,

When they see Giustiniani leaving,

When?

Where 23 armies, including his father's,

Where any besieging army would have come from.

Where are they gonna sail in?

Where are you going?

Where Constantine badly miscalculates.

Where he's addressing both the Italians and the Byzantines

Where is it?

Where is the prince?

Where the attacks get bloodier,

Where they can come in, smash the enemy, and move on.

Where you think about the visceral nature of that.

Whereas actually, Mehmed invests heavily in a navy,

Whereas in the 15th century, that was part of life.

Whereas the Europeans had the galleons already.

Wherever I am.

Wherever necessary, you instill fear.

Which can only be had between good neighbors.

Which is exactly why we must attack now,

Which is the Golden Horn.

Which means "mercenary generals."

Which the Europeans didn't have.

Which was the equivalent of the Ottoman vizier

Which was?

Which, you know, is a pretty... pretty remarkable decision.

While the Ottomans were getting ready for the second wave of the attack.

Who are they from?

Who didn't want the siege to continue.

Who dug tunnels under the walls,

Who else can I trust without doubt?

Who ever took the throne...

Who get to call themselves world conquerors.

Who had founded that city and called it after himself.

Who has a fragile peace treaty with the Ottomans.

Who is this young man?

Who was a good warrior.

Who was, uh, the predecessor of Constantine.

Who will conquer Constantinople,

Who will provide in our time of need.

Who?

Who's relatively untested.

Who've built a burgeoning empire

Whoever holds Constantinople, he will be the ruler of the world.

Whose mother was called Helena,

Why are you here? It's too dangerous.

Why aren't you offering these inventions to Constantine?

Why didn't you believe in me?

Why didn't you give these riches to your emperor

Why don't you share with us

Why haven't they attacked us from the harbor yet?

Why not just knock down the walls?

Will be put in by the attackers to fill up the moat.

Will be written in the coming weeks.

Will conquer Constantinople."

Will defeat the Ottomans.

Will have the world.

Will I be gone long?

Will I see her in Heaven?

Will spare the citizens of the city,

Will you make sure that my wife and daughters get this?

With a little money, a little support,

With an overwhelming storm of cannon fire

With business interests ranging from Anatolia to Italy.

With cunning and strategy.

With each passing day,

With God's Grace,

With many different agendas.

With many of his men dead or wounded,

With no friends or family, other than his father, the sultan.

With one well planned ambush,

With ropes with men and... and oxen.

With swords, and axes, and spears,

With the battle mired in a stalemate,

With the foundation of that city by his namesake, Constantine the Great...

With the protection of my military.

With the same name, and the same mother.

With their entire armies mustered at the city walls.

With your faithful support, we, uh,

Within Constantinople was fury and blame, uh, at the failed attack,

Within six months, Mehmed assembles an army of 80,000

Within the Ottoman Empire.

Without control of the sea lanes,

Without losing tens of thousands of men.

Without setting foot on the carpet?

Women give birth suddenly, and it's just kind of like

Yah!

Yeah, but the chains. I mean, it's impossible.

Yeah!

Yeah... [laughs]

Yes, I have studied it.

Yes, I worked with him to bring the siege to a quick end,

Yes, it went down very fast.

Yes, of course, Sultan.

Yes, Pasha.

Yes, Sultan.

Yes, Sultan. And "guns..." [laughs]

Yes, the Venetian fleet is on its way.

Yes, they will try.

Yes, Zaganos Pasha. What is it?

Yes?

Yes.

Yes. I have.

Yet here you are encamped outside the city with thousands of soldiers!

You and your band of outlaws have cost me many men...

You are blinded by the sultan.

You are fortunate...

You are George Sphrantzes' daughter.

You are in a position to demand concessions,

You are merciful, Sultan.

You are playing with dangerous weapons.

You are simply here as a courtesy.

You are the military genius,

You are the true ruler of these lands

You argue like children while our empire fights for its life!

You can be sure I will not speak of anything.

You can see the difference, this is silver,

You can tell them I will honor my word.

You can't do that with a siege. You have to take a few hits.

You can't go, Giustiniani.

You cannot tell a soul until the plan is set in motion.

You cannot win this battle

You control your countrymen, my dear friend.

You dare to speak of trust?

You either die or you triumph, and there is no other alternative.

You flatter me, Sultan.

You got pretty big balls yourself, my friend.

You grew up playing on the walls,

You have a visitor.

You have always been wise beyond your years.

You have fearlessly protected the empire for a hundred years,

You have just under 7,000 soldiers.

You have my thanks, Lord Lomellini

You have my undying loyalty, Sultan, you know that.

You have my word.

You have only to name it.

You have seen our naval superiority against them.

You have studied our, uh, situation.

You have urged me to give up, Halil Pasha, time and again.

You have won a great victory.

You haven't yet seen combat.

You know the Bible?

You know what awaits you outside those walls.

You know, "That's a stroke of genius."

You know, every unit did whatever they wanted to do.

You know, he's almost as desperate to get in

You know, populations in the 15th century

You know, the physical force that's required

You know, they say that hundreds of oxen pulled it.

You lazy bastards,

You made a fool of me.

You mean our army?

You must not leave the battlefield.

You must trust me, teacher,

You need loads and loads of tallow,

You need the Janissaries,

You only need to give the order.

You promised me the city.

You promised your cannons would take down those walls.

You said, "When it's truly your time,

You see, you need huge balls

You should consider another marriage.

You should get some rest.

You should have let me die.

You think I should run?

You think the conditions are roughest for those being besieged.

You think they didn't notice

You thought I was going to lay here all day,

You understand, Pasha...

You use him for as long as he's useful, and if he proves useful, great.

You viper.

You were going to be burned alive and there was no, no way out of it.

You were warned before the siege to move all your ships outside the chain.

You will abandon the fight?

You will apologize.

You will be free to conduct any business you wish, with no taxes.

You will be my voice and my ears in the West as the hour draws near.

You will find a random British person involved in pretty much every war.

You will get others in the capital.

You will get this cannon firing now.

You will get your cannons, Lord Giustiniani, but end this now.

You will have the Ottoman army at the gates

You will open the gates of the city

You will serve me, in the Balkans.

You will take his place as governor of Amasya.

You wish me gone?

You wish to speak with me?

You would speak to me with a little more respect.

You, Sultan, have the power to show mercy before thousands more die.

You?

You'd do well to keep an eye on that one.

You'll take your rightful place on the throne

You're a coward!

You're a soldier of fortune, so, I'm prepared to give you a fortune.

You're a stubborn assed Genoese bastard, Giustiniani.

You're going to get somebody in plate armor

You're in this to the end.

You're safe here.

You're speaking of marriage?

You're wise in all matters of business

You've had courage in your veins for longer than most warriors.

You've seen their ships waiting to attack.

Your army will mutiny soon,

Your attempts to take the city have failed.

Your bandage is filthy.

Your Bible says,

Your father at least had the grace to ask permission

Your father entrusted me with your education.

Your father has summoned you to the capital.

Your father.

Your highest majesty, I am here to offer you my services.

Your mother will always be a part of you.

Your navy is in danger

Your pope preaches to return good for evil.

Your reputation precedes you, Orban.

Your ships, in the harbor,

Your...

Zaganos Pasha bid me to take my men and leave.

Zaganos Pasha, move your artillery from Galata to the harbor below.

Zaganos Pasha...

Zagonas Pasha, I have discovered a way to get our ships into the Golden Horn,

Zagonos Pasha come with me.

[arrows striking shields] [soldiers screaming]

[boots stomping] [crowd roaring]

[Candarli] Again... [Mehmed whimpers]

[clicks tongue] [horse whinnies]

[Constantine] Where are you taking him? He's hurt. He needs to see the surgeon.

[Crowley] ...sacrifice. [Ana] Stop!

[echoing] Constantinople... [woman] Mehmed!

[footsteps approaching] [Mara] Mehmed.

[Giustiniani] Crossbows! ...And he was,

[grunts] [men shouting]

[hushing crowd] [crowd murmuring]

[Jacob] Father! Yes?

[man 3] This is madness! [man] No!

[man coughing] [dirt tumbling]

[man coughs] [Therma] Hold this

[Mehmed] You're a Hungarian? Yes.

[men yelling] [banging]

[Murad scoffs] And he is, I confess...

[nobleman] Long live the emperor. [all] Long live the emperor!

[roaring] No!

[soldier 1] Prepare the cannons! [soldier 2] Prepare the cannons!

[voices echoing] [panting]

[woman] They betrayed you. [man 2] My son.

[young Mehmed] You can't catch me! [woman] Mehmed...

A misunderstanding. Good.

A truce? God is only truce!

And a Christian? Yes.

and ending this here and now? [chuckles]

Are you ready, brothers? [all] Yah!

Argh! Show him mercy, Sultan!

But Mama I said go!

But the cracks Now.

Close that gate! [soldier] We still have men out there!

Come on! Go! [screaming]

Come on. Come on. [sobbing]

Death. [Mehmed whispers] Yes

Fire! [drawing crossbows]

For God! God!

For the purse! The purse!

Get them in here and close gate. Now! Yes, sir!

He's hurt. Can't you see? He will get a blow of my sword.

How could you do this to me? The throne will be yours again,

How long? Six days at most.

How would your father I don't need a husband.

I can take a message to your friend Shh.

I will take your head! Enough!

I'm certain it was just an accident Hm.

If they fail. Sultan, I urge you to reconsider.

If we fail If we fail...

It will be addressed at once. Good.

It's too late, Ana. But the city is falling.

Just death! I'm not interested in more death.

Lord, I What kind of scoundrel are you?

Maybe back in your day Enough!

Mother Mara. My son.

No. Father Until you are older.

Now? At once, Halil Pasha.

of courage, of... [Roman soldier] Get up!

One more won't make a difference to me. Enough!

Prepare the cannons. [troops roar]

Pull! [Baltaoglu] Put your backs into it!

So soon? It has to be.

The emperor is willing to arm him. With a wine flask?

Venice has pledged to send help. Then where is it?

Yah! [all roar]

You can build this? Yes.

You can see, we are losing the battle. We attack again.

You think I would leave your side? I'm ordering you to leave!

Your Ottoman friend might Shh. You must not speak of it again.

Zaganos Pasha? The men are ready.

...again. Again!

...and I will gladly give that.

...and what will that be?

...at the hands of an incoming Genoese fleet

...doesn't do my latest offerings justice.

...filling the sails of the Genoese ships.

...for his own good.

...the Father, the Son, and the Holy..

"Can we at least be assured

"Fortress in the land of the Romans."

"I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."

"I've got to get into the Golden Horn."

"If one hair in my beard

"If you do something aggressive, we can send Orhan back

"In the end, when it's over...

"Let's have more peace talks," "We need to be cautious with our neighbors,"

"Let's not jeopardize what we've already got."

"Oh, Mehmed really knows his business,"

"Rich and poor have this in common:

"Sultan Mehmed will the one ruler of the Romans."

"What do you do in a situation like this?"

"You could be next!"

[all chanting]

[all cheer]

[all cheering, roaring]

[all grunting]

[all murmuring]

[all roar]

[all roaring]

[all shouting]

[all] Ahh!

[all] Allahu akbar!

[all] Yah!

[Ana groans]

[Ana screams]

[Ana shouting in Turkish]

[Ana] I used to come down here to play when I was alone.

[Ana] Let me go!

[Ana] We are a quarter of a mile outside the Ottoman camp.

[Ana] You will be safe here.

[Ana] You're hurting my arm!

[angry chatter in court]

[artilleryman] Loaded, sir.

[Baltaoglu] Argh!

[Baltaoglu] Go on! Go on!

[Baltaoglu] They will be here in three days.

[Baltaoglu] We got them!

[band playing, men roaring]

[band playing]

[banging on door]

[battle cries]

[bell tolling in distance]

[bells tolling]

[bird cawing]

[bird chirping]

[bird warbles]

[birds chirping]

[blacksmith's hammer clanking]

[blast reverberates]

[blasts reverberate]

[both laugh]

[breathing heavily]

[Brownworth] Both sides give as good as they get,

[Brownworth] Constantine, he says, "These are my people

[Brownworth] Four Christian ships appear on the horizon.

[Brownworth] Giustiniani was faced with something

[Brownworth] Giustiniani, he's an expert in defensive warfare.

[Brownworth] He's a gallant, kind of a swashbuckling figure,

[Brownworth] Mehmed decapitates the advisors

[Brownworth] Mehmed, he's got a very active mind and he's always thinking,

[Brownworth] So the four ships are sailing,

[Brownworth] Some emissary would say, "This is Roman land.

[Brownworth] The emperor sees the Turks streaming in.

[Brownworth] The Janissaries were the most feared element

[Brownworth] The outer wall is essentially a suicide mission,

[Brownworth] This is one of the rare moments

[Brownworth] This is one of those moments, which I think is very revealing.

[Brownworth] We think about sieges,

[Brownworth] With a political lineage

[Candarli Halil] And if it goes the other way,

[Candarli Halil] He is arrogant, young,

[Candarli Halil] You slippery Greek goat fucker.

[Candarli] In what regard, Sultan?

[Candarli] Just the first of many Christian fleets, I fear.

[Candarli] Sultan, I urge you.

[Candarli] Sultan, it is still to early.

[Candarli] The Hungarians look to be mounting a new crusade

[Candarli] The lesson will be remembered.

[cannon fire in distance]

[cannon fire]

[chatter, laughter]

[cheering continues]

[cheering]

[chuckles]

[chuckling]

[church bells continue ringing]

[church bells ringing in distance]

[church bells ringing]

[clamoring]

[clattering]

[clears throat]

[coins jingle]

[Constantinople citizens scream]

[continues singing]

[coughing]

[coughs]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd roaring]

[Crowley] And so the siege enters a new phase

[Crowley] Before dawn, they attack in waves

[Crowley] But there are many individual moments of pathos,

[Crowley] Giustiniani undoubtedly had great skill

[Crowley] Giustiniani was the iconic figure, undoubtedly,

[Crowley] It's a moment of trauma and complete chaos.

[Crowley] Lights appeared to be shining on the roof of Hagia Sophia.

[Crowley] Mehmed realized it was now or never.

[Crowley] Mehmed was used to making examples of people.

[Crowley] The Romans offset

[Crowley] The walls of Constantinople have been there

[Crowley] There was no knowing whether you were going to survive.

[Crowley] They would light fires

[Crowley] Within the walls at the same time,

[crunches]

[distant cannon fire]

[distant chatter]

[distant roaring]

[distant screaming]

[distorted overlapping voices]

[distorted screams]

[door closes]

[door opens, closes]

[door opens]

[door shuts]

[Dr. A.M. Celâl Sengör] Mehmed looks at the city,

[Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan] So, if an enemy ship comes,

[Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan] Warfare is about engineering, most of the time.

[Dr. Karen Barkey] Mehmed was a very, very powerful sultan.

[Dr. Marios Philippedes] Constantinople was broke.

[Dr. Marios Philippedes] It was a stroke of genius.

[Dr. Marios Philippedes] The problems here come down

[Dr. Marios Philippides] Mara Brankovic is one of the chief

[Dr. Michael Talbot] There's no guarantee that the siege is gonna be successful.

[Dr. Michael Talbot] We need to think about the human labor

[Dr. Philippedes] The Venetians, they finally put an armada together

[Dr. Philippedes] You had the first wave of the expendables

[Dr. Talbot] Mehmed, he really knows what to do and when to do it.

[Dr. Tom Papademetriou] Mehmed is now the emir,

[Dr. Tunç Şen] There is a great tradition

[dramatic music playing]

[dramatic music plays]

[Emperor Constantine] Is it true?

[exclaims]

[explosion echoes]

[explosion]

[fire sizzles out]

[gasps]

[General Stefan] Lord, we can send an army now.

[Genoese soldier] Raise the sails!

[Genoese soldier] Retreat! The commander has left the battle!

[Genoese soldier] The city belongs to the Turks.

[Giustiniani groaning]

[Giustiniani grunts]

[Giustiniani] "Sultan, thank you for your most generous offer.

[Giustiniani] Hold!

[Giustiniani] I will take you wherever you wish.

[Giustiniani] If they knew about it,

[Giustiniani] Retreat!

[Giustiniani] Swords!

[Giustiniani] That lying bastard, Lomellini, betrayed us.

[Giustiniani] The bastards are in the Horn.

[Giustiniani] The sultan appears determined to make a fight of it.

[Giustiniani] The Turks will concentrate their attacks on the land walls

[Giustiniani] We will meet them in the moat.

[Giustiniani] Zaganos Pasha called for me by name.

[Goodwin] Candarli Halil was the grand vizier

[Goodwin] In the 1300s,

[Goodwin] It's about morale

[Goodwin] It's not clear how the idea comes to Mehmed,

[Goodwin] Mehmed has that thing that Napoleon had.

[Goodwin] This huge, huge thing,

[Goodwin] When he does come to the throne,

[Grant] Light 'em up, lads!

[Grant] Quick!

[Grant] We're close, boys!

[groaning]

[groans]

[grunting]

[grunts]

[Gürkan] Giovanni Giustiniani fought very well.

[Gürkan] It was quite possible, if the siege took too long,

[Gürkan] Mehmed II always stood firm.

[Gürkan] The conquest of Constantinople

[Gürkan] The grand vizier is the prime minister of the empire.

[Gürkan] The morale was low on the Ottoman camp,

[Gürkan] When Mehmed launches his siege,

[hammers banging]

[heavy breathing]

[horse neighing]

[horse neighs]

[horse nickers, snorts]

[horse nickers]

[horse whinnies]

[in English] "And how amazing, how wonderful will the army be,

[in English] "And how wonderful will its commander be,

[in English] "Surely you, the Islamic nation,

[in English] Let go of me I can walk!

[in English] Yes,

[in English] You're kind, but I don't intend to trouble you for long.

[in Greek] What is your business here?

[in Italian] If there is anything I need to know, tell me now.

[in Latin] Morior invictus.

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct talking]

[indistinct, overlapping talking]

[intense shouting]

[Jacob] And, of course,

[Janissary guard] And mine!

[Jason Goodwin] Constantine is in debt. He, you know, they owed money.

[John Goodwin] Constantine couldn't surrender.

[kisses]

[knock on door]

[Lars Brownworth] Humans have this endless capacity to bicker.

[Lars Brownworth] The Turks have this massive navy,

[laughing] ...and he was particularly attacking ships from Egypt,

[laughs]

[laughter]

[Lomellini] An attack of this sort must be thought out properly.

[Lomellini] I'm here about our ships,

[Lomellini] Sultan Mehmed.

[Lomellini] Your new cannons,

[Loukas groans]

[Loukas sighs]

[Loukas sighs] Hey...

[Loukas] A dead emperor will do no good to anyone

[Loukas] Ah!

[Loukas] I chose you well, my dear girl.

[Loukas] It may not have to be, Emperor.

[Loukas] Leeches!

[Loukas] No, please! Sultan!

[Loukas] Okay.

[man 2] Come... my son.

[man 2] So, what would this kid do?

[man 2] The right hand man of Constantine

[man 2] There were few people more autocratic

[man clears throat]

[man roaring]

[man shouting]

[man] ...believe in me?

[man] Am I to take Constantinople?

[man] Constantinople.

[man] Father?

[man] He's a very young guy.

[man] Help!

[man] Hurry up!

[man] In the Mediterranean,

[man] It's falling!

[man] My prince

[man] Prince!

[man] Pull!

[man] Then he will taste the Roman slap.

[man] They had to fight it out,

[man] Your city is ours!

[Mara] General Stefan.

[Mara] It will be yours again.

[Mara] Let me show you something.

[Mara] Mehmed...

[Mara] My son, the Red Apple is yours.

[Mara] You can't do this!

[Mara] You must not doubt yourself.

[Mehmed breathing shakily]

[Mehmed crying out]

[Mehmed gasping]

[Mehmed grunts]

[Mehmed sighs]

[Mehmed] Are you ready, Orban?

[Mehmed] Father?

[Mehmed] Halil Pasha...

[Mehmed] Hasan Pasha,

[Mehmed] Hence my endeavors.

[Mehmed] I should have his head for this.

[Mehmed] I will build my fort right here.

[Mehmed] Leave the defenses now,

[Mehmed] Let me show you something.

[Mehmed] Lord Lomellini.

[Mehmed] Make the preparations...

[Mehmed] Mother Mara.

[Mehmed] Of course not,

[Mehmed] Our council meeting.

[Mehmed] Pashas,

[Mehmed] Soldier...

[Mehmed] Tonight...

[Mehmed] Traitorous dog!

[Mehmed] We have ten times their numbers.

[Mehmed] Yes, Pasha.

[men cheering]

[men grunting]

[men sawing]

[men screaming in distance]

[men screaming]

[men shouting]

[men yelling]

[men] Pull!

[messenger] Sultan.

[muffled yelling, screaming]

[Murad, voice echoing] One day,

[Murad's words echoing]

[Murad] I've asked too much of you.

[Murad] Now leave us.

[Murad] The crusaders are almost at our doorstep, Mehmed.

[Murad] The Red Apple is the prized apple, Mehmed.

[Murad] You have grown since I last saw you.

[Murad] You have grown...

[Murad] Your older brother, Prince Ali...

[narrator] A rival Turkish warlord tests the 19 year old sultan,

[narrator] After living in his father's shadow for years,

[narrator] After nearly three weeks of fighting,

[narrator] After several delays,

[narrator] After six days of constant bombardment,

[narrator] After two months of pounding by Mehmed's cannons,

[narrator] Amidst the chaos,

[narrator] April 1453.

[narrator] As grand vizier, Candarli Halil Pasha

[narrator] Baltaoglu and the Ottoman Navy

[narrator] Bashi Bazouk literally means "crazy heads."

[narrator] Before he is even 13,

[narrator] But Emperor Constantine and the Romans

[narrator] But first, they must stop the bigger and faster sailing ships.

[narrator] But the harbor is protected by a massive cast iron chain.

[narrator] By the age of 12, Mehmed is fluent in five languages,

[narrator] Coco and his men set out upon the Golden Horn.

[narrator] Constantinople is considered the best defended city

[narrator] Constantinople is the center

[narrator] Day 13 of the siege dawns at the Ottoman camp.

[narrator] Dozens of Mehmed's miners are killed,

[narrator] Each day brings with it a growing sense of desperation.

[narrator] Every empire has a beginning

[narrator] Every empire has a beginning forged of blood,

[narrator] Every empire has a beginning.

[narrator] For two weeks, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

[narrator] Forcing him to order a tactical retreat

[narrator] Galata, the Genoese trading colony across the Golden Horn

[narrator] Giustiniani and his remaining men

[narrator] Giustiniani and the Roman defenders

[narrator] Giustiniani converts the small cannons

[narrator] His stepmother, Mara, now lives in the palace of her father,

[narrator] Hours before Mehmed launches his final assault,

[narrator] In 1451,

[narrator] In a desperate attempt to pay the mercenaries,

[narrator] In Constantinople,

[narrator] In Constantinople, the victory at sea

[narrator] In late April, the Romans attempt a desperate gambit,

[narrator] In March of 1453,

[narrator] In mid April, the Ottomans receive word of Genoese warships

[narrator] In mid May, rumors of a massive Venetian fleet

[narrator] In response to the Roman threat,

[narrator] In the hills above Galata,

[narrator] In the wake of the blood moon

[narrator] In this human wave of death and destruction,

[narrator] Inside the city, panic engulfs its citizens

[narrator] Inside the walls of Constantinople,

[narrator] John Grant torches the tunnels with Greek Fire,

[narrator] Looking out from the walls,

[narrator] Mehmed arrives in the capital

[narrator] Mehmed is met by his father's grand vizier,

[narrator] Mehmed orders his cannons

[narrator] Mehmed orders his cannons fired directly over Galata,

[narrator] Mehmed readies his army for battle.

[narrator] Mehmed sends wave after wave of troops,

[narrator] Mehmed sets out for Adrianople

[narrator] Mehmed walks the battlefield

[narrator] Mehmed's court is divided

[narrator] Mehmed's father's failed siege of Constantinople

[narrator] Mehmed's gambit swings the momentum of the siege.

[narrator] Mehmed's mining operation

[narrator] Mehmed's plan is a medieval version of shock and awe.

[narrator] Mehmed's stepmother, Mara Brankovic,

[narrator] Mehmed's super gun is revolutionary.

[narrator] News of the Italian fleet gathering in the Mediterranean

[narrator] Notaras is the wealthiest man in Constantinople,

[narrator] On April 6th, Mehmed sends a final offer of truce

[narrator] On May the 29th, 1453,

[narrator] On the land wall side of the city,

[narrator] Outnumbered ten to one,

[narrator] Outside the Western walls of Constantinople,

[narrator] Over a period of days and weeks,

[narrator] Pressure mounts to offer the Romans a truce.

[narrator] Prince Orhan has a claim to Mehmed's throne,

[narrator] Rumors of a 40 ship fleet's imminent arrival have swirled for weeks,

[narrator] Six weeks into the siege,

[narrator] The 76 ships will be hauled

[narrator] The ancient cisterns snaking beneath Constantinople

[narrator] The cannons fire day and night...

[narrator] The clock is ticking on the siege

[narrator] The disciplined Ottoman Regulars

[narrator] The fate of the 1,100 year old empire

[narrator] The feared Venetian fleet bound for Constantinople never arrives.

[narrator] The ferocity and effectiveness of Giustiniani's attack

[narrator] The first two waves of Mehmed's attack

[narrator] The Genoese Navy is among the most feared in the world.

[narrator] The grim news means the Venetian fleet's arrival

[narrator] The Janissaries wear lighter chain mail armor

[narrator] The man who brings Mehmed's supergun to life

[narrator] The momentum shifts once again

[narrator] The most feared warriors in Mehmed's army

[narrator] The Ottoman army arrives

[narrator] The Ottoman assault is led by Mehmed's elite troops,

[narrator] The Ottoman war machine

[narrator] The Ottomans nickname the mammoth bombard "The Bear"

[narrator] The relentless advance of the Janissaries

[narrator] The Roman Navy is small,

[narrator] The Serbs and Hungarians are longtime rivals of the Ottomans.

[narrator] The success of Mehmed's audacious plan

[narrator] The Throat Cutter is completed in an astonishing four and a half months,

[narrator] The walls are still standing,

[narrator] The walls of the ancient city hold for another day...

[narrator] Three and a half weeks earlier,

[narrator] Twenty three enemy armies

[narrator] With Constantine's defeat, Constantinople becomes Istanbul,

[narrator] With no wind, the galleons sails go limp,

[narrator] With Ottoman ships in the Golden Horn

[narrator] With rumors of a looming attack from the West,

[narrator] Word of Mehmed's setback outside the walls of Constantinople

[narrator] Word of the defenders' failed ambush and their grisly fate

[Nataras] I'm glad you could make it, Pasha.

[neighs]

[nobleman] Emperor, we need a miracle.

[nobleman] This cannot go unanswered!

[Notaras] Emperor, this is unacceptable.

[Notaras] I'd rather see a sultan's turban

[Notaras] Why has God forsaken us?

[Orban sighs, grunts]

[Orban sighs]

[Orban] Easy with that.

[Orban] Please stand back. For your safety.

[Orban] This...

[Ottoman band playing]

[Ottoman emissary] "Our lord, the merciful Sultan Mehmed,

[Ottoman emissary] They rejected the offer, Sultan

[overlapping voices]

[palace servant] Sultan,

[panting]

[Papademetriou] He's even described as walking through the building,

[people screaming]

[Philippedes] Genoese also had a little problem.

[Philippedes] He was a pirate..

[Philippedes] His mother was probably a Byzantine.

[Philippedes] Loukas was probably

[Philippedes] Mehmed had problems with his father

[Philippedes] The way the Italians fought,

[Philippedes] They saw the blood moon as they called it.

[Philippedes] We hear from the defenders chronicles

[Philippedes] What really lowered morale in Constantinople

[Philippides] Grant had a very simple strategy.

[Philippides] Mehmed had sappers, as they called them back then,

[praying in Latin]

[praying]

[priest continues]

[quacking]

[roaring continues]

[roaring]

[Roger Crowley] Constantinople had been around for so long,

[Roger Crowley] The day comes, 29th of May, before dawn.

[sailor] Sultan!

[scoffs]

[scoffs] Emperor, I warned you,

[scoffs] I don't take orders from the Catholic pirates.

[screaming, grunting]

[screaming, panicking]

[screaming]

[screams]

[Sengör] A hundred and forty piece Ottoman Navy

[Sengör] As a commander,

[Sengör] Candarli didn't like the idea

[Sengör] Prince Orhan is an interesting case.

[Sengör] The Ottoman army was a dynamic,

[Sengör] The question becomes:

[Sengör] Wherever necessary, you instill respect.

[sheaths sword]

[shouting]

[shouting] Allah has abandoned the infidels!

[shouting] Come on,

[shouting] Full forward!

[shouting] Tread carefully, Genoa!

[shouting] Where is it?

[shouting] You dare challenge your supreme leader?

[shouts in Turkish]

[shouts] The Romans' time is ending, little spy.

[sighs deeply]

[sighs]

[sighs] Leave me be.

[sighs] They don't trust the young sultan.

[singing reverberates]

[singing Serbian folk song]

[sniffs] Isn't there anything I can do to convince you otherwise?

[sobbing]

[sobbing] No, no but there are many who are.

[sobs]

[soldier 3] Ready!

[soldier screams]

[soldier] Enough!

[soldier] Ready, sir!

[soldier] Stop! Who are you, and what's your business here?

[soldier] Sultan!

[soldier] Then why you kneel down like a slave huh?

[soldiers crying out]

[soldiers groaning]

[soldiers grunting, crying out]

[soldiers roaring, grunting]

[soldiers roaring]

[soldiers screaming]

[soldiers shouting]

[soldiers yelling]

[soldiers] To hell!

[speaking Arabic]

[speaking Greek]

[speaking Italian]

[Sphrantzes] Hey,.

[spits]

[swords clanking on shields]

[Talbot] And then you look out across these walls

[Talbot] By all accounts,

[Talbot] Gods and holy spirits were absolutely everywhere around us,

[Talbot] John Grant is this interesting figure,

[Talbot] Let's put ourselves in Mehmed's shoes.

[Talbot] So, the siege is governed by different cultural norms,

[Talbot] The city is meant to have been protected by the Virgin Mary.

[Talbot] The Ottomans kind of had this bad reputation

[Talbot] The Ottomans were digging tunnels

[Talbot] The vision of building a weapon like that is remarkable,

[Talbot] There are images of the holiest relics of Constantinople

[Talbot] There's a particular hadith that becomes popular.

[Talbot] When it's going really, really badly,

[Talbot] You think about the physical nature of medieval warfare.

[Talbot] You're looking at someone in the eyes,

[Therma] Go! Go on!

[Therma] I don't care what they say.

[Therma] There is one thing

[thunder crackling]

[thunder crashing]

[thunder rumbling]

[Walla] Turkish ships are in the harbor!

[water splashing]

[whispering] Father, it's in here.

[wind blowing]

[woman screaming]

[woman screams]

[woman sobbing]

[woman, muffled] Mehmed.

[woman] Constantinople is a concept.

[woman] Mehmed.

[woman] News from Constantinople?

[woman] No, please don't leave me!

[Woodwin] Because if Mehmed fails with this idea that he can take the city,

[yelling]

[young Mehmed] Father?

[young Mehmed] I will repeat myself.

[Zaganos Pasha, shouting] Giustiniani!

[Zaganos Pasha,shouting] Giustiniani!

[Zaganos, echoing] Sultan! Sultan!

[Zaganos] Bring him in.

[Zaganos] Sultan.

[Zaganos] Where is your master?

Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020) - Season 1
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