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Sultana Mara, the sultan has arrived.
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Here?
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Uh... um,
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um... I mean... no, I...
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He waits in the Assembly Room.
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Tell the sultan I'll join him
as swiftly as my feet will carry me.
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Thank you, Sultana.
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Mara Brankovic is one of the chief
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personalities of the 15th century.
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Mehmed had the utmost respect for her,
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she was crucial.
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She was related to everybody,
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the royal family of,
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uh, Constantinople, uh,
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the ruling family of Serbia,
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and all her contacts in the West.
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She was the link between the Slavic world,
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the Greek world, the Ottoman world,
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and the Western world.
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Mehmed...
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how I've longed to see you!
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Mother Mara.
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What is it?
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When I came here as a small child,
you treated me as your own.
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Kind words,
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before... something darker?
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I'm releasing you from the harem.
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Now that my father is gone,
I owe you your freedom.
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You wish me gone?
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Of course not,
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but it's time for you to return
to Serbia and your family.
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I've arranged a unit of Janissaries
to escort you home at week's end.
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You can't do this!
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My family's here!
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My place is here,
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serving you.
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You will serve me, in the Balkans.
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I need you, Mother Mara.
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Who else can I trust without doubt?
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Despite having the options to retire
into obscurity after Murad's death,
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Mara Brankovic becomes a very important
advisor in Mehmed's court.
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You will be my voice and my ears
in the West as the hour draws near.
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Constantinople?
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-So soon?
-It has to be.
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If I fail, I lose my throne,
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and maybe my life.
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But with it, Mother Mara,
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I will become the new Caesar.
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Then please,
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before I leave, take my counsel...
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Study the failures of your father,
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and those that came before him.
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Their defeats will inform your triumph
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at the gates of Constantinople.
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Every empirehas a beginning forged of blood,
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steel, fortune and conquest.
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In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI,
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and Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II,
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wage an epic battle for Constantinople.
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Twenty three Armies have triedto take the legendary city,
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all have failed.
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Out of the carnage,
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one ruler will emerge victorious
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and change the course of history
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for the next 300 years.
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For one empire to rise...
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another must fall.
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For two weeks,Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II
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bombards Constantinoplewith the largest artillery attack
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the world has ever seen.
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Mehmed sends his elite troopsinto the teeth
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of Emperor Constantine's defenses,
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along the city's ancient stone walls.
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The defenders,led by Italian soldier-of-fortune,
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Giovanni Giustiniani,
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repel every attack.
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Mmm-argh!
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Mmm-argh!
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The walls are still standing,
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but the battle for Constantinopleis being fought on multiple fronts.
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If we think about the geography
of Constantinople,
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water surrounds it
on pretty much all its sides.
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And so,
there needs to be a force on water
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to take control of the city's,
um, surroundings...
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And that front is really, really worrying,
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and potentially catastrophic
for the course of the siege.
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Constantinople is consideredthe best defended city
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in the medieval world.
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But there is a chink in its armor.
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The weaker, poorly defendedseaward walls along the Golden Horn.
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An inlet on the city's Northeastern side.
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The entrance to the Golden Hornhas one protector...
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a massive, half mile long cast-iron chain.
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The Turks have this massive navy,
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but they can't get into the Golden Horn
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because there's this great chain
stretching from the Acropolis,
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all the way to the Genovese colony,
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the tower of Galata.
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So, if an enemy ship comes,
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they used to stretch the chain,
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so this chain will impede their entrance,
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and the navy behind that
will fire the ships
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because they can't move.
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If a friendly ship comes then they will
lower the chain so that they could enter.
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The Roman Navy is small,
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less than 30 ships,
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but safe inside the harborof the Golden Horn.
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Mehmed has studied the 23 failed sieges.
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Without control of the sea lanes,
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victory is virtually impossible.
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His new 126-ship navyhas been probing the Roman defenses
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of the Golden Horn for weeks.
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The Ottomans kind of had
this bad reputation
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for not being very seafaring.
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There was always this idea that, um,
the Ottomans are very much land based,
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and naval stuff was for the Greeks.
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Whereas actually,
Mehmed invests heavily in a navy,
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not least because there's also the risk
the Byzantines might be helped
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by naval forces
coming from the Italian states.
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So, there's this naval aspect
to the siege that's often forgotten.
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In mid-April, the Ottomansreceive word of Genoese warships
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approaching from the Mediterraneanin the West.
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They will be here in three days.
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Two, if the winds are favorable.
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Just the first
of many Christian fleets, I fear.
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Last night's attack was a disaster.
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The Romans and their Italian mercenaries
are laughing at us.
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They were lucky, Sultan.
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Baltaoglu Pasha,
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I cannot afford
another embarrassment like that.
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I have put under your command
the largest fleet in our history.
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The Genoese ships must not reach the city
under any circumstance, Admiral.
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I promise you, Sultan,
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we will send the Genoese
to the bottom of the sea.
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The scorpion fish will...
pick their bones clean.
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I have no doubt you will be victorious.
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But, should you fail,
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I'll feed you to the scorpion fish.
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The Genoese Navy is amongthe most feared in the world.
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The man tasked with stopping themis Mehmed's top admiral,
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Baltaoglu Suleyman.
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Baltaoglu,nicknamed "Son of a Battle Axe,"
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has built a reputationas a fearless warrior
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during his yearsin the elite Janissary corps.
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His orders are to stop the Genoesefrom reaching Constantinople at all costs.
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But he'll be battling morethan the Italian warships.
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The Sea of Marmara is renownedfor its treacherous winds and currents.
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Baltaoglu anxiously awaitsthe enemy ships.
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The Genoese fleet has been sentby the pope.
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An answerto Emperor Constantine's prayers,
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and critical to his defense of the city.
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The warships enter the Sea of Marmaraon April the 20th,
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putting them on a collision coursewith the Ottoman naval blockade.
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Four Christian ships appear
on the horizon.
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Three ships bring supplies from the pope,
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archers and men,
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and then one ship bringing
much needed food.
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In God's grace, I said they would come.
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In God's grace, they are not here... yet.
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They are Genoese, Lord Loukas.
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Sit down and enjoy the show.
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So the four ships are sailing,
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and the Turkish admiral
gets his ships into position.
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Hmm...
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just four?
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Surely there are more.
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This will be over by dinner.
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On the land wall side of the city,
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the stalemate between the Roman defendersand the Ottoman Army continues.
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Mehmed's land forces open another front
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against Constantinople'sseemingly impenetrable walls.
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If they can't break through them...
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they will go under them.
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Come on,
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you lazy bastards,
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dig!
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Mehmed's mining operation
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is led by hundredsof Serbian silver miners.
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Mehmed had sappers,
as they called them back then,
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miners, who were from Serbia,
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who dug tunnels under the walls,
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to weaken the walls,
so they could fall down.
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The Ottomans were digging tunnels
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underneath the walls to undermine,
what's where the word comes from,
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the walls of the city
by then setting off some gunpowder,
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causing them to collapse.
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Or setting a fire underneath,
and then that would have the same effect,
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therefore causing the walls to fall down.
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But Emperor Constantineand the Romans
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have an answer to the miners.
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John Grant.
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A Scottish soldierwith a very particular skill set.
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John Grant is this interesting figure,
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and pretty much for all of history,
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you will find a random British person
involved in pretty much every war.
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And it's always,
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well, more often than not, Scots.
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Because they just, for some reason,
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have that martial gene, I don't know.
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Grant has this reputation
as being an engineer,
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and his skills are called into use
during the siege from the Byzantine side,
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because of the use of mines.
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In order to stop this,
you have the counter-mining process.
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So you have another bunch of guys
digging under the ground,
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trying to listen out for the first bunch
of guys digging around.
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Grant had a very simple strategy.
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He put barrels with water,
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and he observed the waves on the water,
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and he was able to locate those mines.
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Lads, you're on!
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Over a period of days and weeks,
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the Serbian miners clandestinely tunnelfrom the Ottoman trenches
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to the city walls.
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Quick!
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If they reach these walls,
they'll come crashing down
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and these big filthy Turk bastards
will have our balls for breakfast!
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Ahh!
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Baltaoglu and the Ottoman Navy
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are all that standsbetween the Genoese fleet
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and safe harbor in the Golden Horn.
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But first, they must stopthe bigger and faster sailing ships.
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The Ottoman sailors pick up the pace,
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bringing their archers withinfiring distance of the Genoese sails.
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The dying winds slowthe Genoese warships.
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They are now sitting ducksfor the approaching Ottomans.
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Pull!
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Pull!
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Pull!
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Pull!
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Prepare the archers!
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Ready!
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Fire!
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Take cover!
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Put out the fires!
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Put out the fires!
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Yeah!
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Ready?
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Aim for the sails!
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Fire!
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They will never survive this.
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Don't despair yet.
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We just need the winds to pick up.
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Go on! Go on!
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Go on!
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Come on, boys, come on!
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- Pull!
- Put your backs into it!
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They're slowing down!
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Help!
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Pull!
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With no wind,the galleons sails go limp,
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allowing the smaller oared boatsof the Ottomans to close the gap.
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Finish them, Baltaoglu.
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Outside the Western wallsof Constantinople,
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the Serbian miners continuetunneling towards the city.
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We're close, boys!
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I smell a rat!
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Hello, you wee shite!
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Go!
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Light 'em up, lads!
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John Grant torches the tunnelswith Greek Fire,
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an ancient version of napalm
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that adheres to whatever it touchesand burns for hours.
263
00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:54,722
Dozens of Mehmed's miners are killed,
264
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,680
and the walls of Constantinopleremain standing.
265
00:19:02,015 --> 00:19:05,475
In the Sea of Marmara,the winds have died completely.
266
00:19:07,855 --> 00:19:10,645
Time is running outon the stranded Genoese fleet,
267
00:19:10,732 --> 00:19:13,192
as the Ottoman warships close in.
268
00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:14,820
They are coming!
269
00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:17,199
Lash the ships together!
270
00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:23,411
The Christians eventually tie
themselves together,
271
00:19:23,495 --> 00:19:25,615
and make kind of this floating castle,
272
00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:27,456
and it looks like a sitting duck.
273
00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:31,342
But the Christian ships have an advantage
that they are higher,
274
00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:33,880
they can fire down on the Ottoman ships.
275
00:19:37,634 --> 00:19:39,394
Prepare to board!
276
00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:41,180
Yah!
277
00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:46,100
Argh!
278
00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,435
Kill them all!
279
00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:07,082
The Ottomans had these,
what's called Hadirika,
280
00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:08,674
they are ordinary boats.
281
00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:11,589
Whereas the Europeans had
the galleons already.
282
00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:15,919
So, when a Hadirika comes next
to a galleon, you have to climb to it.
283
00:20:16,006 --> 00:20:19,716
It's much easier for them to kill you,
than it is for you to kill them.
284
00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:40,663
Go!
285
00:20:41,156 --> 00:20:42,276
Go!
286
00:20:42,866 --> 00:20:43,866
Go!
287
00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:49,707
Sink them, Baltaoglu, do it now!
288
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,083
Come on.
289
00:21:18,986 --> 00:21:20,026
Go!
290
00:21:20,570 --> 00:21:21,570
Move!
291
00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:29,957
Amidst the chaos,
292
00:21:30,038 --> 00:21:31,918
Baltaoglu is gravely wounded.
293
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:40,262
The fickle winds of the Marmaraintervene once again...
294
00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:42,506
No.
295
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,100
...filling the sails of the Genoese ships.
296
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:52,518
It is now a last desperate sprintto the Golden Horn.
297
00:21:55,355 --> 00:21:57,975
With many of his men dead or wounded,
298
00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:02,646
Baltaoglu falls further and furtherbehind the fleeing Genoese fleet.
299
00:22:04,531 --> 00:22:05,781
Quickly, men!
300
00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:08,366
Before they make it to the Golden Horn!
301
00:22:29,264 --> 00:22:31,524
Both sides give as good as they get,
302
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,100
but eventually these four ships managed
to make it all the way to the chain,
303
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,357
the chain is lowered and they get through.
304
00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:41,489
Uh, and it's really a morale booster
for the besieged people.
305
00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:48,987
What a glorious day!
306
00:22:50,452 --> 00:22:52,292
God has smiled upon us!
307
00:23:00,754 --> 00:23:02,174
Bring me Baltaoglu.
308
00:23:07,803 --> 00:23:11,183
A hundred and forty piece Ottoman Navy
309
00:23:11,264 --> 00:23:14,314
could not stop just four Genoese vessels,
310
00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:17,443
only three of which were military.
311
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:21,646
And Mehmed was beside himself,
he was so upset, rightly so.
312
00:23:26,279 --> 00:23:28,199
The Holy Spirit has saved us today.
313
00:23:28,281 --> 00:23:29,701
Hooray!
314
00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,332
As long as the Spirit is here,
315
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:33,621
the walls will hold!
316
00:23:33,703 --> 00:23:34,913
Hooray!
317
00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:41,710
Sultan!
318
00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,545
We brought Suleyman Pasha.
319
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,130
Perhaps the Ottomans
will finally learn their place.
320
00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:47,046
Yeah!
321
00:23:47,134 --> 00:23:51,434
Perhaps, but the sultan is proud
and has lost much in both men and pride.
322
00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:53,603
He will want something for his pains.
323
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,889
Then let him kneel before the emperor,
and beg for it!
324
00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:57,887
Yeah!
325
00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:02,774
Still it would be prudent
to remember the temperament of the man.
326
00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:05,277
If we helped him save face...
327
00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:09,284
offer some sort of truce?
328
00:24:09,364 --> 00:24:11,204
-A truce?
-God is only truce!
329
00:24:16,705 --> 00:24:17,535
Sultan!
330
00:24:27,340 --> 00:24:29,300
Take it to him yourself, Lord Loukas,
331
00:24:29,384 --> 00:24:30,684
if you like him so much.
332
00:24:32,929 --> 00:24:35,429
Have faith, Loukas, God has spoken.
333
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:38,984
Mehmed will lead his dogs home
with their tail between their legs!
334
00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:40,270
Yeah!
335
00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:54,077
I'll behead you right here.
336
00:24:55,118 --> 00:24:56,328
Tell me why not?
337
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,576
I have failed you, Sultan.
338
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,299
Forgive me.
339
00:25:06,379 --> 00:25:08,009
You made a fool of me.
340
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:11,679
You're a coward!
341
00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:14,930
Say what you will, Sultan,
342
00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:17,385
but I am no coward.
343
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:20,476
I would have gladly died on my ship,
344
00:25:20,936 --> 00:25:23,146
and I will gladly die here by your sword.
345
00:25:24,814 --> 00:25:25,944
Any fault is mine.
346
00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:28,363
Punish me, Sultan,
347
00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:30,654
but forgive my men.
348
00:25:32,405 --> 00:25:34,315
We fought till we could fight no more.
349
00:25:34,407 --> 00:25:36,657
-Argh!
-Show him mercy, Sultan!
350
00:25:38,828 --> 00:25:42,168
This is an honorable man
who has proven himself a loyal soldier
351
00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:43,539
in countless battles.
352
00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:46,665
He has lost an eye for you.
353
00:25:47,337 --> 00:25:50,257
Mehmed was used
to making examples of people.
354
00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:52,050
The Admiral, Baltaoglu,
355
00:25:52,133 --> 00:25:54,683
failed to win a sea battle
just off the walls,
356
00:25:55,178 --> 00:25:58,308
and Mehmed had him
357
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,350
singled out in front of the whole army,
358
00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:03,944
and he was, uh, going to be executed.
359
00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:07,734
This kind of concentrated
the minds of everybody else,
360
00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:09,566
that you could not fail,
361
00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:11,611
and the sultan was watching you.
362
00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:14,405
Sultan!
363
00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,280
Have mercy for your commander.
364
00:26:19,327 --> 00:26:23,117
I fought with Suleyman Pasha in Bulgaria,
he is a good man.
365
00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:25,126
I will sacrifice my life for his.
366
00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:28,670
And mine!
367
00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:31,304
He fought like a true warrior.
368
00:26:31,381 --> 00:26:34,091
You dare challenge
your supreme leader?
369
00:26:34,175 --> 00:26:36,295
I should have you all impaled!
370
00:26:51,026 --> 00:26:52,646
Mercy is noble, Sultan.
371
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:55,953
Mercy is noble.
372
00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:01,541
Give him 100 lashings.
373
00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,120
You are merciful, Sultan.
374
00:27:27,228 --> 00:27:28,518
How bad is he?
375
00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:33,228
Lady Therma?
376
00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:39,868
I only hope
we can give them a decent burial.
377
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:45,963
Your bandage is filthy.
378
00:27:47,540 --> 00:27:49,380
I've been a little preoccupied.
379
00:27:50,293 --> 00:27:53,253
Let me clean the wound, before it festers.
380
00:28:01,971 --> 00:28:03,311
This might be painful.
381
00:28:04,391 --> 00:28:05,561
I can take it.
382
00:28:32,919 --> 00:28:35,799
Mara, news from Constantinople.
383
00:28:48,309 --> 00:28:51,979
Word of Mehmed's setbackoutside the walls of Constantinople
384
00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:53,483
reaches the Balkans.
385
00:28:55,608 --> 00:28:56,818
What is it, sister?
386
00:28:57,986 --> 00:29:01,606
His stepmother, Mara,now lives in the palace of her father,
387
00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:04,368
the Serbian ruler Durad Brankovic,
388
00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:07,451
who has a fragile peace treatywith the Ottomans.
389
00:29:08,872 --> 00:29:11,252
Lord, we can send an army now.
390
00:29:11,332 --> 00:29:14,002
The Ottomans are bogged down
outside Constantinople.
391
00:29:14,627 --> 00:29:16,837
The Wallachians would be with us as well.
392
00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:20,878
The Serbs and Hungariansare longtime rivals of the Ottomans.
393
00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:24,049
The Hungarians launched a crusadeagainst Mehmed
394
00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:26,597
nine years earlier during his first reign.
395
00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:28,680
They remain a constant threat.
396
00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:31,733
What of the Catholics and the pope?
397
00:29:31,811 --> 00:29:33,981
There is word of an army
of 40 Italian ships
398
00:29:34,063 --> 00:29:35,483
gathering in the Aegean.
399
00:29:35,690 --> 00:29:37,480
They could reach the city within a month.
400
00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:40,486
This is--
401
00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:49,907
General Stefan.
402
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:51,915
What is it, daughter?
403
00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:59,170
I wasn't aware you were visiting.
404
00:30:01,341 --> 00:30:03,341
Nothing to be concerned about.
405
00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:10,930
I hear worrying rumors
of much bloodshed in Constantinople.
406
00:30:11,726 --> 00:30:15,436
Rumors are always rife, my dear.
407
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,570
Was there something you wanted?
408
00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:24,107
Please, continue.
409
00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:36,084
Get me a messenger now.
410
00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:38,287
He must make haste to Constantinople.
411
00:30:48,972 --> 00:30:51,352
After nearly three weeks of fighting,
412
00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:54,142
the siege of Constantinople isat a crossroads.
413
00:30:55,353 --> 00:31:00,283
Mehmed must decide to withdrawand cut his losses, or change tactics.
414
00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:04,856
A larger question hangs heavyover his camp.
415
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,240
Does he still have the loyaltyof his troops?
416
00:31:08,324 --> 00:31:11,084
The morale was low on the Ottoman camp,
417
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,370
propagated by the defeatist elements
in the army.
418
00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:16,624
But it was quite possible
if the siege took too long,
419
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,918
there was gonna be reinforcements
coming from the West.
420
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,423
Then you would've been doomed.
421
00:31:24,632 --> 00:31:29,102
Taking Constantinople would be
near impossible for Alexander, or Caesar.
422
00:31:29,178 --> 00:31:31,098
Near, but not impossible.
423
00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:34,480
With their entire armies mustered
at the city walls.
424
00:31:34,642 --> 00:31:36,392
Speaking in hypotheticals.
425
00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:40,187
It won't be hypothetical
if we lose the faith of our men.
426
00:31:40,648 --> 00:31:42,358
Pasha, I can assure you--
427
00:31:42,442 --> 00:31:45,452
What you need right now,
is to turn defeat into victory!
428
00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:50,332
Offer terms for a truce to end the siege.
429
00:31:51,117 --> 00:31:54,497
The emperor would be a fool
not to embrace it in the circumstances.
430
00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:58,752
You are in a position
to demand concessions,
431
00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:00,883
that no other sultan has achieved.
432
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:04,880
Taxes, increased borders, territory--
433
00:32:04,964 --> 00:32:06,474
But not the city!
434
00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:09,221
It's a clear victory regardless.
435
00:32:09,302 --> 00:32:11,012
-Maybe back in your day--
-Enough!
436
00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:26,859
From the Serbian court,
for the sultan's eyes only.
437
00:32:36,329 --> 00:32:40,879
My stepmother warns of conspiracy
from the Balkan states.
438
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,382
We must act quickly.
439
00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:47,921
I agree.
440
00:32:48,257 --> 00:32:50,217
Mehmed, he's young and headstrong.
441
00:32:50,718 --> 00:32:54,258
He wants to do something
that really captures the imagination.
442
00:32:54,889 --> 00:32:57,559
But people like Candarli,
they're bureaucrats:
443
00:32:57,642 --> 00:33:00,402
"Let's have more peace talks," "We need
to be cautious with our neighbors,"
444
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,688
"Let's not jeopardize
what we've already got."
445
00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:05,692
Capturing the imagination is all
very well, but how much does it cost?
446
00:33:07,568 --> 00:33:10,108
Halil Pasha,
I'll consider your suggestion.
447
00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:11,486
That will be all, thank you.
448
00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:12,872
Zagonos Pasha come with me.
449
00:33:12,949 --> 00:33:17,329
Because if Mehmed fails
with this idea that he can take the city,
450
00:33:17,912 --> 00:33:19,082
what would happen then?
451
00:33:22,291 --> 00:33:25,131
With rumorsof a looming attack from the West,
452
00:33:25,211 --> 00:33:29,721
spies secretly back-channelbetween the Roman and Ottoman courts.
453
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:33,012
You grew up playing on the walls,
454
00:33:33,928 --> 00:33:36,098
when the slave master wasn't looking.
455
00:33:36,597 --> 00:33:39,767
So don't tell me you don't know
a hidden way out of the city.
456
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,941
But it's too dangerous outside the walls.
457
00:33:42,437 --> 00:33:43,597
Turks are everywhere.
458
00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:44,978
Have I not paid you well?
459
00:33:46,107 --> 00:33:48,147
Found a placement in the palace?
460
00:33:48,234 --> 00:33:51,284
Let me take your message.
No one sees a girl like me.
461
00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:53,072
It's a sensitive matter.
462
00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:56,664
I must tend to it personally.
463
00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:01,039
There is...
464
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,634
there is the old cistern system.
465
00:34:05,668 --> 00:34:06,668
Take me there.
466
00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:37,701
I used to come down here
to play when I was alone.
467
00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:42,365
I've never shown it to anyone else.
468
00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,125
I chose you well, my dear girl.
469
00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:53,007
You've had courage in your veins
for longer than most warriors.
470
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:57,719
This way.
471
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,810
The ancient cisternssnaking beneath Constantinople
472
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:09,691
provide a covert way outside the city.
473
00:35:18,366 --> 00:35:21,326
We are a quarter of a mile
outside the Ottoman camp.
474
00:35:21,410 --> 00:35:22,410
Okay.
475
00:35:23,871 --> 00:35:25,081
Go back to the city.
476
00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:28,333
If the Ottomans see you
they will kill you on the spot.
477
00:35:28,417 --> 00:35:29,837
I can deal with them.
478
00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:31,708
Go back.
479
00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:38,845
Hey...
480
00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:42,220
go, child.
481
00:36:23,472 --> 00:36:26,392
Stop! Who are you,
and what's your business here?
482
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:32,063
I'm a Roman nobleman with news
that could help your cause.
483
00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:34,318
Then why you kneel down
like a slave huh?
484
00:36:41,991 --> 00:36:44,081
If you knew who I was, soldier,
485
00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:46,905
you would speak to me
with a little more respect.
486
00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:48,076
Argh!
487
00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:03,353
Wake up.
488
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:07,930
Wake up, you old Greek.
489
00:37:20,446 --> 00:37:22,986
Oh, I've died and gone to hell.
490
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:27,828
I would choose my words wisely,
Lord Notaras.
491
00:37:29,538 --> 00:37:32,038
I'm the only reason you are still alive.
492
00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:47,103
Are you here to defect?
493
00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:49,476
Hardly.
494
00:37:50,643 --> 00:37:52,143
I'm here for business.
495
00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:57,783
I'm here... to discuss terms for truce.
496
00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:08,491
By the order of the emperor?
497
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:10,537
Leave him to me.
498
00:38:14,583 --> 00:38:15,793
Tell me your offer?
499
00:38:15,918 --> 00:38:19,168
I will tell you what Mehmed should offer.
500
00:38:20,172 --> 00:38:23,262
Your attempts to take the city
have failed.
501
00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:25,762
Your army will mutiny soon,
502
00:38:27,513 --> 00:38:30,813
and your young sultan will pay for defeat
with his life.
503
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:34,685
The same could be said about your emperor
and his Italian mercenaries.
504
00:38:34,770 --> 00:38:36,610
Constantine is a fair man,
505
00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:39,533
and he is wise enough
to know when to stop.
506
00:38:39,608 --> 00:38:41,398
And Mehmed is my sultan.
507
00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:44,494
Ah, then...
508
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,373
talk sense into him.
509
00:38:48,117 --> 00:38:52,287
End this siege before a unified
Christian army shows up at these gates.
510
00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:54,616
If they come.
511
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,917
We both know it's just a matter of time.
512
00:39:00,379 --> 00:39:02,549
And if your sultan does not back down,
513
00:39:03,424 --> 00:39:04,594
we all lose.
514
00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,016
What terms do you suggest?
515
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:28,740
Pressure mountsto offer the Romans a truce.
516
00:39:29,658 --> 00:39:33,698
Mehmed is running out of timeto find a way into Constantinople.
517
00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,402
One day,
518
00:40:07,279 --> 00:40:08,779
when I die,
519
00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:12,738
this will be yours again.
520
00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:35,979
This sword has seen
too many battles to count.
521
00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:39,402
But heed this, my son...
522
00:40:42,731 --> 00:40:44,151
Every great leader...
523
00:40:45,818 --> 00:40:47,148
has such a weapon
524
00:40:48,028 --> 00:40:49,568
imbued with legacy
525
00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:51,743
and legend...
526
00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:54,372
and hope.
527
00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:57,164
But what sustains an empire
528
00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:00,076
is not just its weapons.
529
00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:02,590
It takes wisdom,
530
00:41:02,668 --> 00:41:03,918
and loyalty...
531
00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:05,295
strategy...
532
00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:07,717
and instinct.
533
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:10,183
Ultimately, Mehmed,
534
00:41:11,844 --> 00:41:13,014
it is your mind
535
00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:16,472
that will win the fight.
536
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,606
Fetch me my cartographer and a scribe!
537
00:41:35,075 --> 00:41:37,495
Mehmed has that thing that Napoleon had.
538
00:41:37,578 --> 00:41:40,118
He has a pizzazz, and he has luck,
539
00:41:40,206 --> 00:41:43,376
and he has a kind of sense
of destiny riding with him.
540
00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:46,169
Somehow everything that Mehmed does,
541
00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:47,463
the timing is right.
542
00:41:53,886 --> 00:41:57,766
Zagonas Pasha, I have discovered a way
to get our ships into the Golden Horn,
543
00:41:57,848 --> 00:41:58,968
but we must do it now.
544
00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:02,138
I would move heaven
and Earth for you, Sultan, but how?
545
00:42:02,561 --> 00:42:04,811
What I say must not leave this tent.
546
00:42:04,897 --> 00:42:07,357
You cannot tell a soul
until the plan is set in motion.
547
00:42:07,483 --> 00:42:10,073
You have my undying loyalty, Sultan,
you know that.
548
00:42:10,819 --> 00:42:12,449
Look...
549
00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,950
If the infidels are forced to defend
an attack from the Golden Horn,
550
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:17,493
and spread their forces,
551
00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:19,535
the land walls will be vulnerable.
552
00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:22,120
Yeah, but the chains.
I mean, it's impossible.
553
00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:23,706
So we go round the chain.
554
00:42:24,124 --> 00:42:27,134
I... I don't understand, Sultan,
you want to move the army?
555
00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:28,881
I want to move the navy...
556
00:42:31,131 --> 00:42:32,301
over land.
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