Patricia Taylor
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"My Lord, thank you for giving me the chance to create such a worshipping place." - Emperor Justinian I, 537 AD December 27th Hagia Sophia. If Constantinople, Nova Roma, Byzantium, Basileuousa or what ever people call her name, is one of the greatest metropolis of her time in Europe since the very first foundation marble stone is laid, then it can be said that Hagia Sophia dominated the very central of the metropolis after the breath taking building project is accomplished. The most remarkable pearl…-
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"I see, now it is no longer your matter… Tell Neon that all information on this issue should be sealed, any leakage, I will come and look for him." "Yes, your majesty." Inside the Palace of Blachernae, Constantine listens to the reports of the soldier who was guarding Loukas Notaras' residence prior when Antonius paid there a visit. A maid came in bowing towards the emperor. "Your majesty, Lord De'Ricci is here wishing to see you." Constantine placed his pen on the table gently, folding his arms…
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Thirteenth of June 1453, Port of Theodosius, Constantinople. Antonius stepped onto the land of Constantinople once again. The image of the city has changed by a lot from Antonius' last impression of her. Massive rebuilding project is established repairing the wounds of the last war, a system of a healthy trade and taxation is re-established, confidence of citizens boosted back up and accompanied with it, the population of the city increased bac to her height of fifty thousand before the siege.…
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An official ceremony was held the next day outside the chantry of Avlonya, with the Prince of Taranto, his honourable Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini representing the Crusaders and The Kouropalates of Roman empire, Antonius De'Ricci handing over the key of the city to the local patriarch, Balša Dukagjini as witnessed by the remaining surviving citizens of the city. The remnants of the massacre still remained despite joint efforts from the Crusaders and the sailors in cleaning the premise. Smell of…
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"Your highness, I want you to be out of this city, with your crusaders." The Prince of Taranto could not believe what he has just heard. He leaned back and laughed covering his mouth. "That is very drool, Lord De'Ricci! And they even say that you don't have any sense of humor! You proved them very wrong today!" "I am serious, your highness." The muscles on Antonius' face did not move by a single inch. "I am serious in my words." The bright laughter vanished from the old Prince's face within a blink…
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The two men guffawed like they are trying to compare who has a more capable lung capacity and stronger facial muscles. Especially for the Prince of Taranto, whose lacrimal gland function dwindled because of age, has his tears almost gushing out of the side of his eyes laughing. Finally the two men stopped, the Prince gave Antonius a pat on the arm, and they started greeting each other asking things like how have they been recently, how is the situation at sea trying to figure out each other's intentions…
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"…The one who sows to serve his sinful nature, from that nature shall reap destruction; the one who sows to serve the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life." - Galatians 6:8 "Should we shout?" "Why the hell not! He killed our lord and other Normans!" "Isn't it a good thing? We can now split their wealth and go home with their loot!" "…" "Aye, he is right, if we shoot, there might be more troubles and we might still be punished afterwards." "Remember that this is a fight, although…
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"…There was war in heaven, Saint Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought Saint Michael and his angels, and prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven…" - The Book of Revelation(12:7-12), by John the Revelator of Patrmos Surprisingly Tancred did not get angry at Antonius' sarcastic words referring him as a demon, he is too busy trying to figure out any potential weakness in Antonius that he can exploit. However, Antonius will not give him the…
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The Crusaders slowly gathered up in numbers, coming from every alley and streets slowly surpassing the number of Antonius' men. One after another Crusader came into the gathering curious about what is going on ahead, why is there so many people of same kind assembling over here. Slowly the crowd of Crusaders became noisier and noisier until they became bustling like a bazaar market. On the comparison, Antonius' men remained silent without anyone uttering a single word from the start, only accompanied by…
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The mayor of Avlonya chose to submit to Crusader rules after seeing no hope in further defending the city with the Crusaders gushing in like an erupting volcano unable to be stopped by his force. The marshal of the city, a local leader, refused to give up the defence, and retreated to a hill side fortress where he can have a panoramic view of the entire city bleeding getting tormented beneath him, and put up a defence waiting for help from nearby cities. Help will never arrive. The last gate is finally…
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