Siege of Constantinople (1260) | |||||||
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Part of the Nicaean–Latin wars | |||||||
![]() Map showing Constantinople and its walls during the Byzantine era | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Empire of Nicaea | Latin Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Michael VIII | Baldwin II | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The siege of Constantinople in 1260 was the failed attempt by the Nicene Empire, the major remnant of the fractured Byzantine Empire, to retake Constantinople from the Latin Empire and re-establish the City as the political, cultural and spiritual capital of a revived Byzantine Empire.