Nine Months That Changed History | The Siege That Ended Byzantium in Asia | Nicomedia’s Final Stand

Описание: Nine Months That Changed History | The Siege That Ended Byzantium in Asia | Nicomedia’s Final Stand


In 1337, a single city stood between the Byzantine Empire and total expulsion from Anatolia.

Nicomedia (modern İzmit) was no ordinary stronghold. Once an imperial capital of Rome, a Christian center of power, and the last major Byzantine city in Asia Minor, it had resisted Persians, Arabs, and Turks for centuries. Its massive walls rose straight from the sea. Its harbor connected Constantinople to the Anatolian heartland. And its fall would change history forever.

This cinematic documentary explores the nine-month siege of Nicomedia, where Sultan Orhan Ghazi unleashed a masterclass in patience, psychological warfare, naval adaptation, and economic strangulation. Rather than reckless assaults, the Ottomans tightened the noose—on land, at sea, and in the minds of the defenders—while Byzantium struggled with internal weakness, failed relief fleets, and a collapsing will to resist.

You’ll witness:

Why Nicomedia mattered more than any other Byzantine city in Asia
How the Ottomans learned naval warfare in real time
The human cost of siege warfare: famine, disease, and despair
The dramatic surrender that ended 1,300 years of Roman rule in Anatolia
How this victory transformed the Ottomans from a regional power into a rising empire

The fall of Nicomedia didn’t just reshape Anatolia—it paved the road to Constantinople and the rise of one of history’s most powerful empires.

📌 Watch to the end to see how this single siege altered the balance of power across the Mediterranean world.

Disclaimer: This video is a historical analysis based on academic sources and chronicles; some details are reconstructed where primary records are limited.

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Nine months. One city. The end of Byzantine Asia.
Would you have surrendered Nicomedia—or fought on, knowing help might never come?