Brownworth opens the episode with this event: Michael VIII's Caesar found the Latin garrison absent, entered through an unlocked gate with a handful of men, and opened the city. Baldwin II fled on a Venetian ship and Michael entered in triumph through the Golden Gate, carrying an icon of Mary attributed to St. Luke, and was crowned in the Hagia Sophia. The Latin Empire had expired in a pathetic whimper after only 57 years.
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Episode 16 (13 mentions)
Brownworth opens the episode with this event: Michael VIII's Caesar found the Latin garrison absent, entered through an unlocked gate with a handful of men, and opened the city. Baldwin II fled on a Venetian ship and Michael entered in triumph through the Golden Gate, carrying an icon of Mary attributed to St. Luke, and was crowned in the Hagia Sophia. The Latin Empire had expired in a pathetic whimper after only 57 years.
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