The final reigning #RomanEmperor, #ConstantineXI, was crowned on #ThisDayInHistory in 1449 at Mystras. From the #Palaiologos dynasty, he was previously Despot of the Morea, and died in battle against #Ottoman Turkish forces in May 1453 at the #TheodosianWalls of #Constantinople.

The British admiral could not have imagined that in 1822 this simple Greek guerrilla in front of him was still evoking Constantine XI #Palaiologos, the last #RomanEmperor who had fallen fighting at the gates of #Constantinople almost 400 years before. 4/6