The Land Walls of Constantinople (part 1)

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The History of Byzantium Podcast

The History of Byzantium Podcast

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The famous Theodosian land walls kept Constantinople safe for a thousand years. Let's walk the full length of them and look at the details.
This video is part of a series - 'The History of Byzantium goes to Istanbul.' In 2018 the listeners of the podcast funded a Kickstarter to send me to Istanbul. I documented many of the surviving Byzantine sites and have made videos about them.
I am now able to offer tours to Istanbul (and beyond) for listeners of the podcast. Email me if you'd like to know more (thehistoryofbyzantium at gmail.com).
Video edited by / suhlefilm
For more information about Byzantine Constantinople visit www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/. It's a fantastic website providing breakdowns of the Byzantine buildings that can still be seen today and there you'll find most of the still images and sketches used in these videos.
'The History of Byzantium' is a podcast telling the story of the Roman Empire from 476 AD to 1453. The podcast home page is here thehistoryofbyzantium.com/ and you can support the show at / historyofbyza. .
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 78
@stellamarina4123
@stellamarina4123 Рік тому
I think it is a wonderful idea that the historic land area is used for growing local vegetables now....keeps it green, useful and unbuilt on. I am so glad to watch this video as I only walked the other half while there several years ago.
@blindenergy6694
@blindenergy6694 6 місяців тому
can you imagine how much blood was spilled onto that soil over the last few thousand years?
@jakewolf6120
@jakewolf6120 10 місяців тому
I can confirm, you ARE now able to visit the golden gate. I went there today and was giddily surprised to see that not only was the Yedikule Hisari museum open, but that you can walk in front of and up to the top of the golden gate. The cost was 100 Turkish Lira as of July 2023 and ABSOLUTELY worth it for any Byzantine history fan or anyone interested in history or architecture.
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 10 місяців тому
Amazing! Thanks for posting. I hope I can visit in September
@JohnWick_jr
@JohnWick_jr 7 місяців тому
I was there in 2013 and at that time I could walk on top of the Golden Gate. It just was no way to go through the gate to the other side. I had to go there through the cemetery. I heard that the reason for that was that the sultan who conquered the Constantinople was so superstitious that he permanently closed the doors. He was afraid of the last roman emperor to come in through the gate.
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 7 місяців тому
@@JohnWick_jr You can now walk in and around it and on top which is fantastic
@sid2112
@sid2112 7 місяців тому
Ancient walls surrounded by modern streetlights, airplanes in the sky, and a Deadpool 2 poster from 2018. There's something like an odd continuity about it.
@ravenfeeder1892
@ravenfeeder1892 Рік тому
Good stuff Robin. Seeing some of the less photographed parts is always welcome.
@onnipurhonen7676
@onnipurhonen7676 Рік тому
Thank you thank you thank you so very much for posting this! I've listened through the history of Byzantium 2 or 3 times by now and have been wanting to come along for one of your tours ever since I first heard of them, unfortunately they have been slightly outside my student budget. I do plan on visiting Istanbul as soon as I can, and these videos serve as great inspiration for a future visit!
@maily8388
@maily8388 7 місяців тому
Do you think with so many things going on now, would it be safe to visit Turkey.🇹🇷. It’s fascinating to visit Hagia Sophia and the walls since it was built by Roman Empire which I just learned recently.
@celtcool
@celtcool Рік тому
Great video super informative. Going to Istanbul on Friday and these videos give a sense of the depth of history there! Fabulous thank you!
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast Рік тому
Have an amazing time. If you do want to climb the walls the spot you need to go up has now changed. Message me if you need more info
@iggo45
@iggo45 7 місяців тому
The name of the city is Constantinople. Constantin, the first Roman Emperor of Rome, embraced Christianity, and baptized at York of Britain, moved the Capital of his Empire from Rome, and himself gave the name New Rome to the new capital city. His successors honoring him after his death renamed the city to Constantinople. The name given to the city by Islamists Muhammadans is an attempt to erase the 1200 years of glorious of the Christian Roman Empire. Please don't submit to it. Also is a good idea not to use the islamic names of the locations and neighborhoods of Constantinople. Finally the term byzantine is also wrong. Non of the citizens or the Emperors named themselves byzantines, but Romans. Regardless these objections, the episode is very informative and I liked it very much.
@emrage
@emrage Місяць тому
Amazing tour thank you
@hobbesrichter5377
@hobbesrichter5377 6 місяців тому
Thank you so much for creating this beautifully detailed video. I have been fascinated by the walls of Constantinople since I was a child, and really enjoyed this presentation. Someday I will see them for myself!
@matthewmorter7803
@matthewmorter7803 Рік тому
I want to go there so badly, thank you for this.
@strategosopsikion8576
@strategosopsikion8576 6 місяців тому
Great job! This is something future generations will be able to enjoy
@grahamtravers4522
@grahamtravers4522 7 місяців тому
What a great video. Waffle-free narration, good photos, and a good map, frequently re-shown, to illustrate where the photos were taken. I congratulate you on producing a tutorial which is an example of how TV programmes should be made [ but are not ]. Thank you.
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 7 місяців тому
So glad you enjoyed it
@cagliari5984
@cagliari5984 6 місяців тому
Perfect comment, couldn't agree more.
@sergeantmajor_gross
@sergeantmajor_gross 11 місяців тому
Man I wish I watched this video BEFORE going to Istanbul. Well done!
@maily8388
@maily8388 7 місяців тому
I wanted to visit Istanbul so badly. Didn’t know that there was Roman Empire stretching all the way to Turkey. 🇹🇷
@deekay8286
@deekay8286 7 місяців тому
Thanks a lot!
@Curdle7
@Curdle7 7 місяців тому
Wonderful
@seriouslyyoujest1771
@seriouslyyoujest1771 13 днів тому
In the History of Rome, it was discussed how the people’s sports fans were rallied to repair the walls before Attila, the Hun and his armies made it to Constantinople.
@croatianwarmaster7872
@croatianwarmaster7872 2 місяці тому
This was a really good video. Constantinople sure has some cool sights.
@rafaljt
@rafaljt Рік тому
I kind of like the mix of restoration and ruin. Makes you think what the time does to our heritage.
@frauleinhohenzollern8442
@frauleinhohenzollern8442 6 місяців тому
I listened to a podcast this man went through the last siege of Constantinople day by day, the amount of detail he had was amazjng. The story about desperately repairing walls as they came down, tunneling and counter tunneling, repelling mass attacks and ensuring constant Canon fire...
@lifeofsomeguy8093
@lifeofsomeguy8093 3 місяці тому
great video
@byzantinetales
@byzantinetales Рік тому
I've been there twice but still haven't seen everything. So many hidden details
@williamsullivan3967
@williamsullivan3967 7 місяців тому
Fantastic video! One question I cannot seem to find an answer to, what calendar were they using for the inscription that references year 6946? Thanks!!
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 7 місяців тому
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_calendar
@mango2005
@mango2005 9 днів тому
I think the second wall was built in part because the population was expanding too fast for the old walls to enclose them.
@reeyees50
@reeyees50 7 місяців тому
3:40 There were actually more sieges attempts but these are the major ones
@thereformer
@thereformer 6 місяців тому
There was an Advertisement for Dead Pool 2 in 2018 at 17:20.
@oghuzkhan5117
@oghuzkhan5117 6 місяців тому
14:40 Is that Leo the Khazar? With a Khazaria mother Cicek?
@terryhsiao1745
@terryhsiao1745 7 місяців тому
Went there and walk on the walls
@frauleinhohenzollern8442
@frauleinhohenzollern8442 6 місяців тому
European architecture and engineering ❤️❤️
@maily8388
@maily8388 7 місяців тому
About the inscription on the wall, what language did it write on the wall, Latin, perhaps 🤔?
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 7 місяців тому
All inscriptions are in Greek except the one where I point out it's in Latin
@oghuzkhan5117
@oghuzkhan5117 6 місяців тому
please tell the Greeks that it was a ROMAN empire and not a GREEK empire. Thanks. @@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@MysticalJessica
@MysticalJessica 6 місяців тому
@@oghuzkhan5117 Indeed!
@thejeffinvade
@thejeffinvade Місяць тому
4th crusade in 1204 also attacked the wall, albeit not the land wall.
@LondonPower
@LondonPower 6 місяців тому
Subscribe bucause you mentioned the capital of the byzantine empire with the real name Constantinople 😂 I am byzantine of Anatolia by the way its my country
@Ugloke
@Ugloke 5 місяців тому
What calender starts 5508 bce? 13:44
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 5 місяців тому
The Byzantine calendar calculated the date from creation
@Ugloke
@Ugloke 5 місяців тому
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast thank you for answering, do you know how far back we have documentation for its use?
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 5 місяців тому
The first appearance of the term is in the treatise of a monk and priest, Georgios (AD 638-39), who mentions all the main variants of the "World Era" in his work@@Ugloke
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 5 місяців тому
From wikipedia :-)
@Ugloke
@Ugloke 5 місяців тому
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast thanks again, so its basicly his theory.
@golgumbazguide...4113
@golgumbazguide...4113 5 місяців тому
ok
@petrapetrakoliou8979
@petrapetrakoliou8979 6 місяців тому
Such heavy restorations actually destroy the original wallwork, making it useless for archaeologists to study.
@dkbros1592
@dkbros1592 5 місяців тому
Why they criticize the reconstruction why
@WhovianDave438
@WhovianDave438 5 днів тому
I think you mean New Rome the City of Constantine. Byzantine is a term invented by the French 200-300 years ago; the citizens of New Rome called themselves Romans; so did the Turks--after capturing New Rome in 1453 the referred to the citizens as the "Rum Millet" which means the Roman nation/people.
@kidmohair8151
@kidmohair8151 5 місяців тому
it appears that the tube-u-all has unsubscribed me...curse you alphabet (the tube-u-all's owner)
@jimkennedy7050
@jimkennedy7050 7 місяців тому
All they needed were cannons; would have outlasted the Ottomans. Modern restorationis fine. Keep it up!
@laara1426
@laara1426 7 місяців тому
Do you realize that at they very beginning of this video you said the " walls of Istanbul " ? Istanbul has never had anything to do with the construction of the wall built by Constantine. Details matter .
@kadircanyldran1849
@kadircanyldran1849 6 місяців тому
The walls of İstanbul(a good detail for u we can call this city tomorrow "x" even its not ur business to talk about it if u are not a Türk) were first built by the Megara tribe around Sarayburnu today. Later In the 2nd century, Roman Emperor Septimus Severus captured Byzantion and had the walls demolished as punishment and rebuilt according to his own architectural culture. YES DETAİLS MATTER.. I COULD GİVE U MORE BUT U ARE STUPİD.
@sid2112
@sid2112 7 місяців тому
*THIS JUSTINIAN* Sorry my brain comes up with very stupid jokes.
@petrapetrakoliou8979
@petrapetrakoliou8979 6 місяців тому
I think you forgot the sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204 - they were the first to conquer the city not the Ottomans.
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 6 місяців тому
They didn't break through the land walls. They landed men on the sea walls
@petrapetrakoliou8979
@petrapetrakoliou8979 6 місяців тому
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast ok, I didn't know. Why didn't the Ottomans do the same? I think the crusagers were very impressed by the land walls and tried to imitate it somehow in castles like in Angers or at Caernarvon or simply by building double walls like at Carcassonne.
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast
@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast 6 місяців тому
@@petrapetrakoliou8979 Yes I'm sure they inspired other defensive systems. I haven't gotten to 1453 yet in the podcast to know exactly what the Ottomans were thinking :-)
@ziyakarademirli677
@ziyakarademirli677 6 місяців тому
Not byzantium. Roman emp.
@alb7568
@alb7568 5 місяців тому
City of the greeks/romans
@rileyp1419
@rileyp1419 18 днів тому
☦️
@antoniostsiakmakia1461
@antoniostsiakmakia1461 6 місяців тому
💙🇬🇷KONSTANTINOPEL💙🇬🇷
@user-eu8ub9cm5t
@user-eu8ub9cm5t 9 місяців тому
Cannot agree Part 1 should begin with the land walls since they are not the soul of first Capital of The Roman Christian Godfearing PAX ROMANA Empire Of CHRIST
@phillipnoetzel7637
@phillipnoetzel7637 7 місяців тому
It’s not Byzantium, it’s ancient Roma in the East, and it’s not Istanbul, it’s Constantinople.
@horror11
@horror11 7 місяців тому
most frustrating thing in the world to know this foreign invaders from central asia are sitting behind the most important walls of the entire western civilization an can keep them. hopefully god has other plans.
@GS-nv9pq
@GS-nv9pq 7 місяців тому
Açıkcası tanrının bunu umursadığını düşünmüyorum yinede orta asya soyundan gelen asil bir kana sahip olduğum için tanrıya şükürler olsun.
@maily8388
@maily8388 7 місяців тому
Were they Mongolian riding on horses for months to Istanbul?
@horror11
@horror11 7 місяців тому
@@maily8388 they was barbarian satanist mohamedans no matter from where they came
@abdueltio8512
@abdueltio8512 6 місяців тому
such ignorant remarks. You would just need to look at the faces of the people of Turkey to understand that we simply converted and adapted another way of life. The fall of Islampol to Islam was predicted by Mohamed PBUH 1000 years prior and it happened just as god had planned. You covet the lands of your neigbours and blood relatives just because of medieval fantasies shame on you to bring yet other war.
@izharulhaqtruthrevealed1185
@izharulhaqtruthrevealed1185 4 місяці тому
East roman empire theodosion walls . no body even themselves call byzantine empire. Enough of this lies
@normanwandsworth
@normanwandsworth 10 місяців тому
By'-zan-tyne. Con'-stan-tyne. 🇬🇧
@darkking2460
@darkking2460 6 місяців тому
1453 İSTANBUL...
@dinoskaragian5390
@dinoskaragian5390 5 місяців тому
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