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darabeatha · 2 years ago

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/ I know they are two very different figures, BUTBUT! I couldn’t help but think about this belief about C.onstantine,, and how as a legend it was believed he would come back to rule once again as his body was not found (even tho historians agree that he died in the battle that lead to the fall of Constantinople) and this is just like that popular belief about King Arthur, and how he as well would return once again to be king at the time his people will need him the most-

#; 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐗𝐈 ; about.#; 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐗𝐈 ; headcanons.#;headcanons #;about #headcanons #they also share the grief of a fallen empire/kingdom #yet also share that will; that need to keep moving forward #how c.amelot fell with his death; how the fall of c.onstantinople oficially fell with c.onstantine #tho there's that difference that the byzantine empire was already crumbling by the time c.onstantine got to the throne #it was just a matter of time most probably #or well; what was the 'new rome' never truly got to return to that state that was so admired of the 'old rome' and the 'grandeur' it once ha #*had #also a curious thing;; when l.ancelot was introduced to the arthurian legends; it was around the 12th century #and c.onstantine lived around the 15th century #note that l.ancelot was a later addition to the tales #so a.rthurian legends content is turbo old #;ooc #ooc #the printing press was invented around the 1400's something;; tho wood blocks were a thing by then since much earlier years #im now going off the rails with this but imagine if he had read the tales of arthur

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