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[narrator] The Genoese Navy is among the most feared in the world.

But what sustains an empire

[Grant] Light 'em up, lads!

Finish them, Baltaoglu.

Two, if the winds are favorable.

But with it, Mother Mara,

The Romans and their Italian mercenaries are laughing at us.

as the Ottoman warships close in.

Whereas the Europeans had the galleons already.

[narrator] On the land wall side of the city,

could not stop just four Genoese vessels,

the royal family of,

He wants to do something that really captures the imagination.

only three of which were military.

[Talbot] The Ottomans were digging tunnels

and he was, uh, going to be executed.

Baltaoglu Suleyman.

Found a placement in the palace?

Offer terms for a truce to end the siege.

For one empire to rise...

Are you here to defect?

In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI,

Put out the fires!

has such a weapon

But not the city!

the siege of Constantinople is at a crossroads.