the end of the byzantine empire
"As [Constantinople] fell on May 29, 1453, Constantine [XI] is said to have remarked: "The city is fallen but I am alive". Realizing that the end had come, he reportedly discarded his purple cloak and led his remaining soldiers into a last charge where he was killed.
"A legend tells that when the Ottomans entered the city, an angel rescued the emperor, turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought to life again."
"A legend tells that when the Ottomans entered the city, an angel rescued the emperor, turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought to life again."