The crown jewel of Byzantium, the city of Constantine. Today, however, it is Istanbul (not Constantinople).

Card Text

(4) Konstantinya (Earth)

Turkish • Inspiration • Location

Trazet - Action: Once each game, if this card is in play or in your discard pile, and if your warrior is Turkish, Roman, or Holy Roman, make an attack with one of your weapons at +0.

Beyazid laid siege to Constantinople in 1391. The siege was finally broken in 1401 when the Mongol Timur Lenk declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

Illus.: Alan Pollack • Set 6 • 77/100

Warrior Pack

Konstantinya comes with the Beyazid I, the Thunderbolt warrior pack.

History in Brief

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

{this might take a while - Constantinople was a pretty darn important city}

Trivia

• Though Beyazid I, the Thunderbolt, sieged it, Mehmed II, the Conqueror, is the one who eventually conquered it.

Links

• Constantinople on Wikipedia
• Konstantinya in the Encyclopædia Anachronistica