hmm.. Interesting. The last reliable account places him at the towers about 1am before the final battle(Sphrantzes).
After that the remaining sources are varied and contradictory.. although it is reasonable to assume he was at the gate of Lycus valley until the end.
The same source for your quotes is Nicolo Sagundino --a Venetian ambassador-- who goes on to say his body was discovered and Mehmet gave his head to the Sultan of Egypt along with twenty virgins.
I'm not so sure about his account, since he wasn't there and could only have heard second hand.
Sphranzes claims that Constantine was cut down before he could charge in, and his friends soon followed him, he claims the body was never found, which is certaintly more plausible than the Venetian version.
Besides, I bet, unless he was hit in the throat, he made some sort of death cry before he died.
I thought only the Odeon was used for festivals? The smog is doing more damage I think....
After that the remaining sources are varied and contradictory.. although it is reasonable to assume he was at the gate of Lycus valley until the end.
The same source for your quotes is Nicolo Sagundino --a Venetian ambassador-- who goes on to say his body was discovered and Mehmet gave his head to the Sultan of Egypt along with twenty virgins.
I'm not so sure about his account, since he wasn't there and could only have heard second hand.
Sphranzes claims that Constantine was cut down before he could charge in, and his friends soon followed him, he claims the body was never found, which is certaintly more plausible than the Venetian version.
Besides, I bet, unless he was hit in the throat, he made some sort of death cry before he died.
I thought only the Odeon was used for festivals? The smog is doing more damage I think....
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