Geoffrey Greatrex
Professor of Classics (University of Ottawa) and scholar of Byzantine history, providing specialist insights on language, events, and later periods of Constantinople's history.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 57min
Constantinople
Geoffrey Greatrex, Professor of Classics at the University of Ottawa and Byzantine scholar. He traces Constantinople’s rise from Greek colony to imperial capital. Short scenes cover city-building, Theodosian walls, Hagia Sophia, Justinian’s ambitions, the Fourth Crusade’s sack, Mehmed II’s siege innovations, the 1453 fall and Ottoman transformation into Istanbul.
