In the late summer of Constantine’s reign ... the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. The city is built on a peninsula, which meant it could be easily defended from attackers. What led Constantinople to ome ...

The history and characteristics of the unique surviving portrait of the last byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, ...

Harlech Castle (pictured), built by Edward I in 1283 ... deliberately reflecting the walls of Constantinople to commemorate Constantine the Great's reputed birth at the Roman fort nearby.

After the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 ... was the katholikon of a monastery complex – was built on a site located outside the walls built by the Emperor Constantine (r. 312–337) ...

A colossal statue of the Roman emperor Constantine has ... the imperial capital to Constantinople, which was named after him. The recreated statue has been built to last. Mr Lowe said: “It ...