#costantinople

[starkelz1]

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[sane-human]

said someone who's tradition and culture came from a foreign rule in the past, where expansion was pure killing of others via offensively, ey byzantine?.

(Byzantium/Costantine calls Holy See "Rome" as that is the Holy See of the western Roman Empire, also becouse they still want to reunite the two parts to bring back Rome somehow, spoiler they do not suceed)

[squalodinoappreciationsquad]

Headcanons: Dino Cavallone's entire family tree - Pt. 1

Because I can and I will.

Ofc this is ALL headcanons and also I have ADHD, pls don't take this too seriously.

So, because of several conversations I had with beloved anons, I am going to do this at best of my ability, because I am very hyped.

Let's start this one. Under cut pls :D

PART ONE!!!

The Cavallone Family Ancestor

Well, all families have a start and sometimes the start is not as glorious as one might think.

The first was Bencivenni lo Caballone. He was a knight who rersponded to Pope Innocent III's call for crusades. He participated to the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204), sacked Costantinople (1204) bringing home some souvenirs, let's call the loot like that.

The Pope ofc granted him a piece of land on the Romagnan coast, a small castle, a noble title and the forgiveness for all of his sins, because that's what the Pope had for people who could not pay actual cash money to have their sins forgiven.

Also "lo Caballone" was originally just a nickname, but that is how the 60% of Italian surnames were born.

We now have several centuries of relative anonymity, during which the family formally established their name as Cavallone and expanded their influence through strategic alliances and marriages and whatnot.

Most notably, the firstborn daughter of Marquis Duccio Cavallone, Gemma, was sent to be married into the D'Este family, a most notable noble family (c.a. 1400s) and a couple of centuries later the second born son of Marquis Petronio Cavallone, Ambrogio Cavallone, became a quite influential cardinal at the Vatican (c.a. 1600s).

This of course granted the family quite the fortune, and also granted their survival amongst the various wars among who should rule the Sacred Roman Empire, who had to be Pope and who should survive Plague 1.0 (1300s) and Plague 2.0 (1600s).

But then we arrive at the 1700s.

The Austrian Wars and the birth of Cavallone the 1st

This will be the summary of the summary of the summary historically speaking.

The 1700s are interesting years for the peninsula. Italy will only fully reunite only in 1871, so there is still a long way to go. Historically speaking the Spanish who had invaded the peninsula and took possession of it started to lose their grip, also because King Charles II of Ausburg dies with no heir, thus beginning a war lasting for 13 years, they therefore sign first the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714 and finally the Treaty of Aja in 1720, thus ending their domination in the peninsula.

The peninsula is not free, but becomes property to be sold and divided among the powerful dynasties. It is a mess and by 1748 the geopolitical panorama has completely changed.

This includes also the Romagnan territory, which is now half under the Medici's dominion and half under the Pope's dominion. Which means that all of the small families were very limited. However the Romagnan people were rioting and this is definitely fertile soil for ANY sort of change.

Now, up until that moment the Cavallone family has been fairly quiet, but all of this happening in their area is worrying, so Duke Domenico Cavallone has to do some damage control.

It's the period where the Illuminists really take on Italy, so there are newspapers, magazines for men and for women, cafes, places where people can debate and talk about phylosophy et cetera.

So Domenico Cavallone invests some cash money and becomes the patron and founder of several cafes and promotes several magazines and newspapers.

He also pours some other cash money in creating his own personal army, which will later become the foundation of the future bosses body of subordinates.

This is because he is secretly financing the riots against the Pope/the Medici and he is expecting an attack at any moment.

And the attack arrives.

Duke Domenico Cavallone is in the front line, ready to defend his turf. There is also his army behind him and the Pope has sent his army to quiet down, quote, "the dirt and the plebs", but the pope was expecting barely armed populace, NOT a full army and the Duke Cavallone.

Chronicles report that the Commander in charge of the Pope's army told Duke Cavallone that he would be in trouble, and that the Duke replied with a "we will talk after I win".

And the Duke won. Chronicles report that a white flame engulfed him as he charged to defend his city and his land and defeated the Pope's army. Ever since a flame mark appeared on his left arm.

In any case after the defeat the Pope retreated and left the Duke and his territory alone. The Duke however was excommunicated, and the excommunication has not yet been lifted.

None of the Cavallone has had any interest in having that lifted yet though.

Duke Domenico and his wife Bice Ricciardelli went on and prospered. They had four children who lived after infancy. The second born and first son, Alvise Cavallone, inherited the will and the assets of Duke Domenico Cavallone.

Lo and behold the family tree part 1

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NEXT GENERATION ON A DIFFERENT POST!

[palatial-monstrosity]

everybody be quiet i am thinking about how I will never know how it felt for a scandinavian person to see miklagard/costantinople for the first time

[universalambients]

Costantinople, 1876

[rogue-driv3r]

I don't know anything about Medieval History, tell me things please.

Sooo, Middle Ages are that long period of time, roughly 1000 years, between antiquity and modern period. We usually refer to Medieval History meaning European Medieval Hisrory, other civilizations had their own Middle Ages in different times (for example Indian Middle Ages started in 8th century and ended in 18th, even if the start is debated).

European Middle Ages conventionally start in 476, when the last Western Roman Empire was deposed. But actually there are different dates marking the end of Rome's antiquity and the start of Middle Ages: someone believes it's 410, the year Rome was sacked by Visigoths and when the emperors became puppets controlled by barbarian generals. Others think it's 480, when another controversially deposed emperor (Nepote) died in Dalmatia. The fall of Rome and the passage to Middle Ages was probably more slow and silent than it's usually portrayed. Keep in mind also that Middle Ages is a later concept, no one was aware of living in MAs back then.

Same for the ending, some say it's 1492 ("discovery" of the Americas), others 1453 (end of the Hundred Years' War and conquest of Costantinople by Ottomans), but actually it's a symbolic date in both cases since there already were elements of modernity like corporations and gunpowder.

Middle Ages are largely known due to stereotypes that in most cases turn out to be distorted or entirely wrong. Some examples? Inquisition only appeared in the final centuries of MAs, witch hunts are a Modern period issue, knights with full armors and castles are from the last MAs centuries too. The ideas we have of Medieval times is focused on 12th to 15th centuries, forgetting the others starting in fifth or even before if we include Late Antiquity.

Middle Ages had very different times, and it's the period when modern kingdoms started to rise. The first part of Middle Ages, roughly from V to IX century, is the time of Roman-barbarian kingdoms, when Roman model was imitated, inspiration came from the past: Vandals, Franks, Lombards, Visigoths, Anglo-saxons... Eastern Roman Empire was the only element of real continuity with the Romans, it took the name of Byzantine Empire and lasted throughout all of the Middle Ages.

After Charlemagne, in IX century the process of creation of feudal kingdoms started, it was very chaotic and the outcome was a more or less stable ensamble of new kingdoms: Germany/Holy Roman Empire, Italy, England, France, Spain. Of course there's MORE than this but it'd become a long, long post. After that, in XIII century, we have the Late Middle Ages, with sacred kings, and important medieval cities: the communes.

Middle Ages were then important for the rise of kingdoms, but also the birth of power of the Church and pope, the birth of Islam, and a new unprecedented system of societies heavily based on religion as an element of unity and legitimation.

If there's anything specific you're curious about, feel free to ask ♠️⚔️♠️

[lord-bajromi]

[historyontheorientexpress]

Kazlıçeşmeye adını veren 16. yy çeşmesi. 1915 basımı Constantinople kitabındaki fotoğrafta, çalınmış olan 8. yy.a ait kaz rölyefi görülüyor.

[ramzoozi]

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[27-umbrellas]

I have listened to Istanbul (not Constantinople) so many times today all I can hear is five beating some ass to That’s Nobody’s Business But The Turks!

[panipolyglot]

07012017 |¦¦¦| Byzantine Civilization

Map of languages presence in the Roman Empire in II° century AD

Expansion of the city of Constantinople between II° and V° century AD

[sane-human]

so, why Byzantium seems like he has a grudge against you, franks?

Costantinople no likey barbarians

[squalodinoappreciationsquad]

Imagine if the Cavallone was almost bankrupt because they had a lot of wars for succession

So, I am kind of leaning towards the "they were fairly anonymous until X thing happened and that's how they started the family".

So far I have a Cavallone ancestor which was a Crusader. He went to the Fourth Crusade (1202), sacked Costantinople (1204) and in exchange he got a piece of land, a castle and the forgiveness for all his sins.

Which is what the pope was advertising at the time to whoever could not actually pay cash money for the forgiveness of their sins.

Now, if Dino is the Tenth, the First became boss roughly 300 years prior, which means that for many centuries the family was fairly anonymous, going through the Plague, wars, the Comuni warring against each other, royal dynasties coming and going, popes waging more crusades and wars, all of that until around 1700, so we are in the midst of the wars against the Austrians, the Illuminists and this sort of things.

... Which means I have to study history again ._.

[palatial-monstrosity]

How the fuck I am supposed to focus on work when all I can think of is that I will never know what it feels for a viking to see Costantinople and be part of the varangian guard.

[maranzalla]

psychic reading my mind:

me: ubisoft really dropped the ball when they failed to highlight the parallel between Ezio, a man who loses most of his family and his beloved brother, to a political coup that should have claimed his life too, and then spends the rest of his life in a bloody revenge mission that chips away at his humanity and leaves him fundamentally changed from the easy-going young man he was, and Lorenzo de’ Medici, who is living through the very same thing after the Pazzi conspiracy

me: we have records of Lorenzo pulling strings all over Italy to meticulously find and destroy anyone involved in the Pazzi conspiracy, we have contemporaries appalled by the reach and depth of destruction, we know he basically gambled his own health and peace of mind in this to the point that even his poems reflect the bitter longing for a peaceful existence that can never be, we know he exiled his own family in a country villa to protect them , we know he hunted the man who stabbed his brother Giuliano to the end of the world, Costantinople , just like you, the player, see Ezio do in the game

me: and yet all we get is 2 minutes’ dialogue and a bonus cape?? ubisoft stop fucking clowning

psychic: it’s literally been 13 years let it rest

me: del doman non v’è certezza bitch

[rogue-driv3r]

Spending my night sipping Pepsi and watching a documentary about Ottomans and the conquest of Costantinople ✨