# Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1422)

URL: https://roman-history.com/timeline/1422-ottoman-siege-of-constantinople
Location: Constantinople
Categories: battle

The city's defenses held during an early fifteenth-century Ottoman siege.

## Why it matters
Survival bought three decades but did not reverse the empire's strategic weakness.

Ruler at the time: [Manuel II Palaiologos](https://roman-history.com/rulers/manuel-ii-palaiologos)