Constantinople

Constantinople is a major city found as a team in the Barbarossa and Attila the Hun campaigns in Age of Empires II and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors respectively.

City Plan
In both the scenarios in which Constantinople appears, the team colour is blue, and they are of the Byzantine civilisation. It has vast heavy defences, consisting of Bombard Towers, Fortified Wall and several Siege Weapons. It has a Castle in the heart of the city, next to a Wonder and the city's Town Center. It is adjacent to the sea and has a large fleet in both instances, however in the Attilla The Hun campaign level, Walls of Constantinople, the city's harbour is also additionally protected by Sea Wall. This is the only occurrance of Sea Wall in the game.

Age of Empires II
Constantinople appears in the fifth level of the Barbarossa campaign. You are required to threaten Constantinople into submission in order to obtain the use of their powerful fleet of Fire Ships and Galleons. To do this you station some troops around the city's wonder in the center of the town.

Age of Empires: The Conquerors
It appears on the third level of the Atilla the Hun campaign, ''Walls of Constantinople'. They are by far the largest and most powerful team on the map. To gain tribute from them, you need to: To the north is their extensive harbour, and to the east are their allies Marcianopolis (green) and Philipopolis (red).
 * 1) Destroy their lone monastery to the south of the city
 * 2) Begin a siege on their outer walls
 * 3) Destroy their docks
 * 4) Destroy their castle
 * 5) Threaten their wonder
 * 6) Detroy their wonder