The most famous of all the emperors of the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Empire was Justinian the Great. Born a barbarian, he became a powerful ruler and law reformer. He is known today chiefly for his codification of law. He was born probably of Slavic parents in a place called Tauresium, in Illyria (an ancient […]
By name Mehmed Fatih (Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet – English: Mehmed the Conqueror) (b. March 30, 1432, Adrianople, Thrace, Ottoman Empire- D. May 3, 1481, Hunkarcayiri, near Maltepe, near Constantinople), Ottoman sultan from 1444 to 1446 and from 1451 to 1481. A great military leader, he captured Constantinople and conquered the territories in Anatolia and […]
