572 years today

[Bozkurt]

It's the respect thread for the terrible event 572 years ago

*wonderful event

 

[Aquila SPQR]

512 years ago the Ottoman Turks liberated Istanbul and the world from a collapsing, outdated empire that had long lost its purpose

Ah, yes, the famous second fall of Constantinople in 1513.

*wonderful event

I believe the guy who stole my mom's wallet some time ago also thought it's a "wonderful event". Better think of it that way than a petty thievery.

 

[Lord Lambert]

I mean, you can like the ottomans all you like to but to call it a liberation is true on exactly 0 levels.

 

[MasterPaw]

512 years ago the Ottoman Turks liberated Istanbul and the world from a collapsing, outdated empire that had long lost its purpose

Technically was still called Constantinople officially though

 

[Napoleon1971]

Clearly just needed a better fleet admiral to keep the Turks bottled up in Asia while Constantinople reconquered the Balkans and restored glorious Rome, right?

 

[Enku7071]

I mean, you can like the ottomans all you like to but to call it a liberation is true on exactly 0 levels.

Agreed, it was a conquest after many failed attempts.

 

[Big_birdy]

I mean, you can like the ottomans all you like to but to call it a liberation is true on exactly 0 levels.

Nah, it’s liberation because Allah gave the world to Turkey, but since Turkey is nice country, it gave up most of the world. The Greeks, however, were ungrateful, so the Turks had to take back what was theirs.

 

[Enku7071]

The Greeks

you mean the Christian Turks?

 

[Aquila SPQR]

Nah, it’s liberation because Allah gave the world to Turkey, but since Turkey is nice country, it gave up most of the world. The Greeks, however, were ungrateful, so the Turks had to take back what was theirs.

Why it's always like that - that what's "rightfully ours" is currently held by someone else?

 

[VáclavJasný]

Allow me, for Imperator did succeed - and I'm currently doing a Byzantion playthrough in memoriam:
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I would like the cities in EU V to be similar to Imperator, the buildings are smaller in size than now, maybe even less detailed, but the city would look like from a bird's eye view.
The first picture is not from Imperator

 

[Kaspar Osraige]

Ah, yes, the famous second fall of Constantinople in 1513.



I believe the guy who stole my mom's wallet some time ago also thought it's a "wonderful event". Better think of it that way than a petty thievery.

 

[PaulRos]

I mean, you can like the ottomans all you like to but to call it a liberation is true on exactly 0 levels.

But, I thought evry conquest was designed to liberate…

 

[MoeinSS]

I would like the cities in EU V to be similar to Imperator, the buildings are smaller in size than now, maybe even less detailed, but the city would look like from a bird's eye view.
The first picture is not from Imperator

There was once a dream that was Imperator

 

[Malatesta]

I dare say that 4 out of every 5 future EU5 players on this forum are going to play as the Byzantine Empire

 

[Lord Lambert]

But, I thought evry conquest was designed to liberate…

The Romans, famously, never declared an unjustified war. All their expansion was done in the name of peace and liberation of the oppressed! /s

 

[Watered_Down]

Anyways appropriate music:

I know it would require paying for a music license, but when the time comes for a Byzantine content pack, the music team does have the opportunity to give us an orchestral cover of this one. The original song is from 1953, it qualifies as historical music.

 

[PaulRos]

The Romans, famously, never declared an unjustified war. All their expansion was done in the name of peace and liberation of the oppressed! /s

exactly my point, every conqueror's dream was just to liberate, like the romans did.

Like we all do in EU4 already!

 

[Oglesby]

I would like the cities in EU V to be similar to Imperator, the buildings are smaller in size than now, maybe even less detailed, but the city would look like from a bird's eye view.
The first picture is not from Imperator

Where is the picture on the left from? It is nice and closer to what I hope for maps

I think Imperator is close, I still don't like the giant monuments and harbors.