Истории Constantinople

It's the 14th century, and the Black Death has spread all over Europe. Rumors have spread very quickly, and they have reached Constantinople, terrifying Damla, a young resident of the city. But when she encounters the plague face to face in her own home, Damla wonders if she will survive the horrific epidemic.

The fate of the East rests on the edge of a sword as the legions and the Goths march to war... 378 AD: Fritigern's Gothic horde tightens its iron grip on Thracia and only a handful of well-walled cities to the south remain in imperial hands. The few tattered legions pinned in these cities can only watch on from the battlements as smoke rises across their lost lands and the Goths roam at will, pillaging and extorting. Every Roman - legionary or citizen - speaks of only one thing: the Emperors of East and West, Valens and Gratian, who are said to be closing swiftly on this war-stricken land, each bringing with them vast armies capable of vanquishing the horde. Awaiting the relief armies in Constantinople, Centurion Pavo and the XI Claudia prepare as best they can. The Gothic War has taken much from each of them, and none more so than Pavo. But still he and his fellow officers cling to the chance that two lost to them might yet return: their leaders, Tribunus Gallus and Primus Pilus Dexion - Pavo's brother - have not been seen or heard from since setting off on a mission to Emperor Gratian's court in the West. Some are sure they must have fallen, yet Pavo refuses to give up hope, instead whetting his blade and praying that fate will guide the pair back in time for the clash that is to come: a clash that promises to end the Gothic War - for the empire's finest legions are destined to meet Fritigern's ferocious masses... on the plains of Adrianople.

Short stories of people through the ages - their triumphs, failures, loves, and anguishes. Niamh - 250 AD, Ireland. A woman goes home. Epiphania - 1347 AD, Constantinople. A woman struggles with her faith. (WARNING: minimal, mildly graphic content.) Brynja - 1250 BC, Tollense, present-day Germany. A woman reluctantly does her duty. Quincy - 1902 AD, England. A man is out of his depth. A collection of my Historical Fiction Smackdown pieces. Copyright © 2018 giawriter.

Set in England at the end of the 19th century, Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught meet as children, forming a friendship which endures as they grow up. Will their friendship develop into something more? You'll have to read to find out...!

Short Historical Fiction stories written for Historical Fiction Smack Down 1. Love the Witch - The love of Hannah's life is accused of being a witch. 2. Hypomone - Plague has come to Constantinople in 1347 3. Between Freedom and Fate - A fable about a battle in Germany in 1250 B.C.EC 4. The News - What if Columbus sailed around Africa and found a different continent?

What happens when an ordinary man finds a time machine? Or a time watch? Will he change the past? What will happen in the adventures of Jaden as he travels through time and space?

The legions are in tatters, and the Gothic hordes are gathering beyond the mountains . . .  377 AD: Thracia’s legions are few and broken in the wake of the Battle of Ad Salices. But the scattered centuries and cohorts rally in an effort to blockade the Haemus Mountain passes and hold back the relentless attacks of Fritigern’s swelling Gothic armies. These passes must endure until Eastern Emperor Valens and Western Emperor Gratian can muster and bring their Praesental Armies in relief.  Numerius Vitellius Pavo and the men of the XI Claudia return to Constantinople from their brutal Persian sortie to hear widespread tales of Thracia’s plight and the precarious mountain blockades. Each of them knows what is at stake should those passes fall: the heartland of the Eastern Empire would face the wrath of the barbarians and loved ones would be at the mercy of their savage blades. When the Claudia are despatched to aid the effort at the mountains, Pavo can think only of two souls wandering in the jaws of the Gothic threat: his beloved Felicia and his lost half-brother, Dexion. So he and his comrades march at haste, headlong into the storm that awaits them . . .

Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny. As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter kingdoms and savage wars have left the people beleaguered, the armies weary and the future uncertain. And into this chaos Emperor Diocletian steps, reforming the succession to allow for not one emperor to rule the world, but four. Meanwhile, two boys share a chance meeting in the great city of Treverorum as Diocletian's dream is announced to the imperial court. Throughout the years that follow, they share heartbreak and glory as that dream sours and the empire endures an era of tyranny and dread. Their lives are inextricably linked, their destinies ever-converging as they rise through Rome's savage stations, to the zenith of empire. For Constantine and Maxentius, the purple robes beckon...

Three people with three different perspectives live through the First Crusade siege of Nicaea. Submission for Historical Fiction Spring 2013 Smackdown, Round 2. For this round, we had to write a story set during the Crusades, using 4 of 8 pictures and 3 of nine quotes. Words: 4291 Time Period: First Crusade Pictures: 4 (blond boy with a letter), 5 (Hobbits - I mean travellers - in a mountain pass), 8 (A young woman defending the walls of her city through the power of awesomeness), 11 (a fight in a square - specifically, that square down the street from Rick's Cafe Americain in 'Casablanca', the one Ugarte dies in) Quotes: 2. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” 3. “A sure death, zero chance on success. What are we waiting for?” 6. "You're afraid of what might happen, but I'm afraid of what is happening."

"Loving you is a test, being with you is a trial, above all that is loyalty, which I must prove to my Lord, before I prove to you..." He was the servant of the most Merciful, an Observer, by his job. His only job was to observe...never love. Story throughout time of glory, shame, pain and...worst of all love. For the time it was better to sacrifice for God, than to vow to the devil in the desires of the heart. A sacrifice by him and by...her. A sacrifice hidden in Time... ~For every scripture has two voices, the advisory and the hero, one reveals the Word. While the other twists it to shape reality. Look at the character, since the character is judged. Read every scripture with an open heart even the mind twisting ones.~ __________________________________ 6th century Constantinople: "May Lord have mercy upon your soul son." The priest whispered as he moved on to the rest of the men and women waiting to be burned alongside me. Screams came out from everywhere. Most of them were tied to the stake for a crime they had not committed. I had no regards for my life but I watched as the priest continued praying for each of the soul. What is left to pray when in ignorance you let the innocent burn. I looked up to the sky in question; is this what you have asked from me, my creator. But if I have disobeyed you today I will ask for forgiveness. I kept my eyes open as the crowd continued to throw rocks at me. I was still hoping for a glimpse of her. But I knew she won't return, she had left for good. They say love can make you do anything and my mistake was that I left my duty and lost myself to her. Never will I let another girl like Myra become a part of me and let that feeling destroy me. "Myra why!" I screamed as I am consumed by the flames set upon me.

The story of the last day of Constantine XI Palaeologus as he led his men once more against the ottomans

A story by Fatih Umair

All her life, Capricia has been an Assassin. Her mother was the daughter of a merchant, and 28 years earlier, Capricia's parents met. The problem is, her father left not long after her conception. After finding and following him around the known world, Capricia finally gets the nerve to talk to him in Konstantiniyye. Will she find the father she's looking for in time? Or will Templars take her?

this is a story of the children of Hume Hatun | READ MOTHER OF THE CONQUEROR FIRST | like the last one this story is based on real people in the ottman empire and this is not 100% true but these people are real people just a fanfic. | I will start writing in thos story when mother of the conqueror is complete but right now it is on going. THANK YOU

❝︎𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐁 𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐄?❞︎ ─── - ', [𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲] ꒱ ↷🖇<3 ↳︎ 𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺.𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ-╰┈─➤ 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌, 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝖺 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽𝗅𝗒. ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ✳︎ ✎ 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽: february 3. 2022 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽: june 5. 2023 (timeskip) (college au!) (short story) © darlingkika

May 29, 1453, the walls fell... When they fell then men who defended them charged out to meet their enemy head on. For they would rather die than surrender. They were the last Romans.

As someone inspired by history I found myself pulled towards ancient Rome and the Byzantine empire. These two empires hold a certain magnificence that others in my opinion lacked. One need only think of the greatness of Constantinople in its glory days, brass and bronze casting off the sun's light. The city's fountains reflecting the moon and stars, pastel coloured houses dyed in every shade imaginable, people in exotic dress, and the beautiful Hagia Sophia as a testament that God did protect this city. I found myself mesmerised by these Romans, and thus I wrote a poem to try and emulate what I feel about this Golden City...

Rome has fallen. Constantinople, the last bastion of Christianity in the East has been sacked by the Ottoman Turks finally bringing an end to the ancient empire and the last emperor, Constantine XI. However, in the ashes of Rome the Roman people remain. A Turkish Janissary recalls his journey through former Roman provinces to discover the source of troubling rumors and root out an insurrection before it can begin.