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Close that gate now!

[narrator] Giustiniani converts the small cannons

If the great empire of Rome...

and it doesn't come and it doesn't come

at the St. Romanus gate,

Let's send the bastards to hell.

And that was too much for one man to lay aside.

is at least a week away.

standing between your sultan and chaos.

and throw aside the trappings of the past."

There is still hope.

Everybody calls it the fall of Constantinople.

In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI

[Dr. Philippedes] You had the first wave of the expendables

Tell the world how valiantly we Romans fought here tonight.

who had founded that city and called it after himself.

Then, we will use our hands and minds

Our beloved city is lost.

I will take this city!

[Mara] My son, the Red Apple is yours.

Promise me... promise me you'll join me in Chios.

The Venetians waited and waited... [chuckles] and waited.

take up a position between the inner and outer walls

Lord Loukas, you would leave your emperor and countrymen at such a moment as this?

No, mercy! Mercy!

and change the course of history for the next 300 years.

[narrator] Rumors of a 40-ship fleet's imminent arrival have swirled for weeks,