Why Did the Vikings Fail Spectacularly When They Attacked Constantinople

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why did the Vikings fail spectacularly when they attacked Constantinople?

• A) Their supply lines were overextended and they soon began to starve.
• B) The city was landlocked, so the Vikings had to leave their ships to besiege the city.
• C) They faced, for the first time, a city defended by well-engineered late Roman walls and Greek fire.
• D) The slaves the Vikings were bringing to sell in Constantinople rose up and joined the Byzantine side.

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