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16th century in the Grand Principality of Moscow

  • Moscow, third RomeOn the 29th of May 1453, Ottoman forces under Mehmed II breached the walls of Constantinople. This event shattered the Eastern Roman Empire and left Orthodox…
  • Succession of the Roman EmpireIn 476 AD, a military commander named Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus. He did not declare himself emperor.