Reconquest of Constantinople
1261 battle between the Latin and Nicaean Empires / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Reconquest of Constantinople was the recapture of the city of Constantinople in 1261 by the forces of the Empire of Nicaea, leading to the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, after an interval of 57 years where the city had been the capital of the occupying Latin Empire that had been installed by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
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Part of Nicaean-Latin Wars | |||||||
The Gate of the Spring (Pege) or Selymbria Gate, through which Strategopoulos and his men entered Constantinople on 25 July 1261 | |||||||
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