🏛️ Beneath the modern city of Thessaloniki lies the ancient Greco-Roman city, in this stunning free archaeological park at the Venizelos metro station
🧐 In this perfectly preserved section, the original flooring and pipes are still visible
All roads lead to Constantinople🌿
One of the most unique label signs exists in the city of Kavala where Κωνσταν��ινούπολις is still written in the old form of the Greek language (katharevousa) and a Eastern Roman eagle accompanies it
📍Kavala, 460 km from the Imperial capital
Despite it's popularity the double headed eagle was never an official Byzantine symbol until the final years of the empire
A great example is the depiction of the Roman style eagle in the temple of Panagia Kosmosoteira in Feres built by Issac Komnenos brother of emperor John II
🇬🇷 Until the 1920s, the prevailing perception in Greece was that the time had come for the resurrection of the Eastern Roman Empire
Many people used to say this about Constantinople:
"Constantine built her,
A Constantine lost her,
And a Constantine shall take her back"
@RomanMemeSquad would immediately strengthen the walls and food supplies of Constantinople, seek military and naval aid from Venice and Genoa, accept church union to gain Western support, build more cannons and ships, and try to provoke rebellions inside the Ottoman Empire to delay the siege