"Finally arrived!"
Standing in the fine drizzle, Prince Menshikov held a naval telescope, observing the misty city ahead. Through the telescope, Constantinople seemed as if it were right before him, close enough to touch with a mere stretch of his hand.
We must conquer this place, allowing Rome's flag to once again flutter over Constantinople.
Gazing at the distant Constantinople, Menshikov silently vowed to restore Rome and fulfill the dreams of past Tsars.
No one had ever been this close to this dreamlike city before.
However, Menshikov seemed to have forgotten that the Rome he envisioned wasn't coveted by the Russian Empire alone.
In the distant lands, the Ottoman Empire also declared itself to be the Roman Empire.
Despite the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Metternich continued to proclaim in London that the Austrian Empire inherited the universal values of the Roman Empire.
