On May 29, 1453, Ottoman forces capture Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. The final bastion of Rome falls after 1,100 years. The conquest marks the end of the medieval period and the beginning of Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean. Scholars flee Constantinople, bringing Greek texts to Western Europe, fueling the Renaissance.
Pluto in Sagittarius creates the death of old empires and the transformation through conquest. Sagittarius rules expansion and faraway lands. The Ottoman conquest (Pluto transformation) of Constantinople (symbol of Roman empire) manifests as the Plutonian death of the ancient world. Refugees carrying Greek knowledge (Sagittarius truth-seeking) scatter to Western Europe.
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