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@RomeInTheEast Avatar @RomeInTheEast ShadowsOfConstantinople

ShadowsOfConstantinople posts on X about hagia sophia, empire, beast, mud the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 4849 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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Social topic influence hagia sophia #3, empire #596, beast #944, mud #396, rome #333, ate, greece, instead of, state of, london

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"In the days of Justinian ships around Constantinople were terrorized for over XX years by a whale whom locals called Porphyrios presumably from the dark-wine color of its skin. The angry whale sank ships and terrified others. It was like the Jaws of the Roman Empire 🧵🧵"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 21.9K engagements

"If you are the Roman Emperor in Constantinople in 1452 what do you do to fix this situation"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-02T12:38Z 57.9K followers, 81.9K engagements

"The whale inspired fear forcing ships to make great detours from their course. The thing allegedly even hunted dolphins and ate them However eventually the whale met its end chasing those dolphins"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 1199 engagements

"I hate the idea that splendid architecture is a waste. Great architecture enriches cities and adds character. Can anyone deny a positive and inspiring environment is beneficial We enjoy historical buildings today our society should make them for our descendants too"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-06T14:29Z 57.9K followers, 8702 engagements

"A rare and incredible thing An imperial portrait of the last ever Roman Emperor (1449-1453) Constantine XI Palaiologos was found at the Monastery of Taxiarches of Aigialeia in Greece in 2024 This provides a glimpse of what the heroic fallen Emperor possibly looked like"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-03T20:29Z 57.9K followers, 42.4K engagements

"The Emperor Justinian made it a priority to capture the beast but he could find no way by which to accomplish this. Justinian normally figured out a way to solve problems but this one proved too much"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 1218 engagements

"The Roman state ended in AD 1204 and not the conventionally recognized date of 1453. A bold claim Is there a good argument that the Roman Empire ended in 1204 when the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople instead of in 1453 🧵🧵"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-09-21T16:24Z 57.9K followers, 51.8K engagements

"Many churches from Constantinople survive today as mosques. The conversion of a church into a mosque meant at least that the building survived but the change of use was often followed by the mutilation or destruction of its mosaic decoration since pictorial representations of the human figure were incompatible with strict Islamic views on idolatry. The Turkish writer Khoja (1539-99) exulted that the churches that were within the city were emptied of their vile idols and cleansed of their filthy and idolatrous impurities but there does not seem to have been a systematic policy of destroying"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-12T12:56Z 57.9K followers, 22.9K engagements

"For not only the barbarians but also the Italians and other rulers considered the Empire of the Romans to be greater and more prestigious than any other state. -John Kantakouzenos 14th century. John Kantakouzenos asserted that his state was the Roman Empire and that it was the most prestigious despite immense decline. Donald M. Nicol wrote about how he saw the medieval Roman state of his era as the continuation of the Roman Empire of old whose armies had conquered all the peoples of Europe as well as those of Asia. The ancient Greeks the Hellenes had provided the stuff of the outer wisdom of"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-06T16:43Z 57.9K followers, 6328 engagements

"It is very epic that there is a mosaic depiction of Constantinople in the neo-Byzantine Westminster Cathedral in London"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-09T19:02Z 57.9K followers, 54.4K engagements

"One can imagine a whale would have been quite the intimidating threat for sailors even anxiety that it might occur would be a fear. Perhaps rumors circulated at the ports for example"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 2076 engagements

"Church of Saint Catherine in Thessaloniki a 14th century Eastern Roman church"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-12T03:08Z 57.9K followers, 13.3K engagements

"An interesting map of the Balkans Anatolia and Outremer in 1250 AD"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-09-22T11:21Z 57.9K followers, 27.8K engagements

"Prokopios described the beast: the whale which the residents of Byzantion (Constantinople) called Porphyrioshad harassed Byzantion and its surroundings for over XX years but not continuously for sometimes it would disappear for long periods of time"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 1322 engagements

"I think these panels on the bottom are very beautiful they add a unique character to the palace (5/6)"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-12T14:52Z 57.9K followers, 2862 engagements

"In 1081 Alexios knew that the Empire was almost at its last gasp. The east was being horribly ravaged by the Turks and the west was in a bad condition due to the Normans and others. The brave young emperor was in serious trouble as he tried to restore his empire 🧵🧵"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-11T15:47Z 57.9K followers, 14.9K engagements

"Its astonishing something like this eastern Roman bread from Anatolia can survive X loaves were found It also makes me realize just how many amazing discoveries are out there.waitingwalked over every day in the archaeological layers of a city or in the ground somewhere"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T18:56Z 57.9K followers, 6785 engagements

"Fun fact: The Roman Empire was Christian far longer than it was pagan"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-07T14:29Z 57.9K followers, 45.3K engagements

"The change from Christianity to paganism in the Mediterranean world was internal after centuries of persecution of Christians. False equivalence. And did they have another fate Syria Egypt Turkey Libya Tunisia and others - Christianity is either mostly or nearly totally gone after being the majority"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-03T13:34Z 57.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Eastern Roman silk fragment from the Shroud of St. Germain and an AI reconstruction. Today held at the Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre in France From Constantinople (1000AD)"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-11T11:35Z 57.9K followers, 9156 engagements

"The imperial door of the Hagia Sophia where the Emperor and his retinue would enter the Church. Above the door is the mosaic of Leo VI"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-09T14:27Z 57.9K followers, 33.6K engagements

"A photo I took of a tower of the sea walls of Constantinople"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-11T18:47Z 57.9K followers, 14.4K engagements

"Church of Saint George Diasoritis (11th century)- on the Greek island of Naxos"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-11T02:28Z 57.9K followers, 8489 engagements

"Aerial section of the Hagia Sophia in the 6th century by artist Julia Lillo"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-04T16:17Z 57.9K followers, 48.6K engagements

"The whale was very large. The people dragged it out of the mud with ropes after having attacked the whale with axes. Then the locals measured it - placing it on wagons they found its length to be more than thirty cubits and its width ten cubits"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 1158 engagements

"All over the Ottoman Topkap palace in Istanbul is Roman marble spolia. Plausibly much of it came from the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople which was demolished by the Ottomans. Porphyry was a material the Romans only had in antiquity & was often recycled 🧵(1/6)"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-12T14:52Z 57.9K followers, 19K engagements

"One day it began to chase and eat some dolphins but it ran aground in the mud and got stuck. The locals came out with axes and cut it into to pieces. Some of the locals began to eat it on the spot; while others took away their portion to cure (Prokopios Wars 7.29.16)"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T15:23Z 57.9K followers, 1197 engagements

"The Hagia Sophia as depicted in the video game Age of Empires IV"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-09-30T02:22Z 57.9K followers, 40K engagements

"A brilliant 3D model of the Great Church of Constantinople the Hagia Sophia by Desiree Garcia Espinosa"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-08T14:19Z 57.9K followers, 21.4K engagements

"Its a great shame two of the greatest medieval cities Baghdad and Constantinople were destroyed so barbarically by the Mongols and Crusaders. Some stereotypically picture just small towns and castles but there were still some great cities and buildings in the medieval era"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-11T21:20Z 57.9K followers, 21.3K engagements

"A reconstruction of the Old Saint Peters Basilica in Rome"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-14T22:21Z 57.9K followers, 2675 engagements

"The Roman walls of Thessaloniki"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-07T20:22Z 57.9K followers, 7356 engagements

"Constantinople: Gone but not forgotten"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-07T11:38Z 57.9K followers, 13.4K engagements

"Activity in the Forum of Constantine"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-07T02:59Z 57.9K followers, 5480 engagements

"A wonderful reconstruction of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in Rome"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-10-13T15:06Z 57.9K followers, 17.1K engagements

"A reconstruction of ancient Antioch during antiquity in the Roman era"
X Link @RomeInTheEast 2025-09-30T20:29Z 57.9K followers, 31.9K engagements