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In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI

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

There is still hope.

is at least a week away.

No, mercy! Mercy!

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

If the great empire of Rome...

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

Close that gate now!

Our beloved city is lost.

Let's send the bastards to hell.

at the St. Romanus gate,

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

and throw aside the trappings of the past."

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

Tell the world how valiantly we Romans fought here tonight.

and it doesn't come and it doesn't come

[narrator] Giustiniani converts the small cannons

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

take up a position between the inner and outer walls

I will take this city!

who had founded that city and called it after himself.

standing between your sultan and chaos.

Everybody calls it the fall of Constantinople.

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

Then, we will use our hands and minds

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