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The Walls of Constantinople
The Walls of Constantinople was one of the greatest walls in the history of man. It had a moat in front of it. There were two layers of walls, allowing support of the first wall from the second wall. There were many gates in the wall because the whole length of the wall was around 7km, yet the gates were covered by towers and even if one was breached the one behind it also had to be breached.
The wall was of great significance to the people in the city. It made them confident they were protected, and it was a great spectacle to traders and merchants and very often terrorised enemy soldiers when they saw it and tested its strength. The whole wall underwent many earthquakes which frequently damaged it but it was always repaired.
It was named the Theodosian wall because it was (obviously) built by the Byzantine emperor Theodosius, he replaced the old Aurelian walls and extended them further up the peninsula so the interior of the city could be larger.
The city was sieged approximately 13 times. It's enemies varied from Slavs and Serbians from the Balkans and from north of the Danube, none were successful, they could not breach the walls. Arabs and Persians (not Muslims) also tried but never succeeded.
The Crusaders of the fourth city attempted to take the city and were only successful when helped by treachery. Yet, the Byzantines retook the city and the crusaders never could retake it. The Ottomans launched two attacks in the early 15th century but were repelled by the defenese of Constantinople. It was only in 1453 that they could finally capture the city, but even though they had a huge cannon, underminers from Serbia and a blockade by sea, they could only capture the city when the found a small postern gate slightly ajar, most likely opened by a traitor or else carelessness.
Even though the city would never rise again, it was only through treachery that the city was taken in those two occasions. Yet in all other sieges, the great Theodosian walls were never once breached, earning them a place in history. They still stand today and can be seen in Istanbul, which was the name the Ottomans called the city after capturing it.
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