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Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Byzantium, episode 328 in the nick of Timor.

Today is the final episode of the History of Byzantium podcast. The narrative is over.

Constantinople was captured by the Ottomans in 1402 after a prolonged siege.

Sultan Bayezet converted the Aheir Sophia into a mosque and made New Rome his new capital.

The Paleologan family escaped to Venice, and they would spend the rest of their lives trying to interest the West in restoring them to their home to no avail.

The new Roman Empire ended its incredible journey after 172 years.

I had you going there for a second, right?

Though that is very nearly what happened.

In our last episode, we saw the Roman Emperor become a vassal of the Ottoman Sultan,

and the Paliologos family become pawns of Venetian and Genoese interests in the Sea of Marmara. Thessaloniki was

taken from the Empire, leaving the Byzantines with little more than Constantinople itself,

a couple of islands and their territory in the Peloponnese. The Emperor John Paliologos had to

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