Known as el-Fatih, "the Conqueror," Mehmed II was the first Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In 1453, he sieged and captured Constantinople, a feat that sent shockwaves through the Christian world as their eastern bulwark disappeared. However, his westward advances were halted at Nándorfehérvár in 1456, and were effectively ended at the Battle of Vasliu in 1475, where the Ottomans suffered one of the worst defeats in their history. Viewing himself as the rightful heir to the throne of the Roman Empire, he invaded Italy in 1480, but was driven out by Christian forces after a rebellion in Albania cut his supply lines. Regardless, his achievements distinguish him as one of the greatest conquerors in history.

Use Mehmed II, the Conqueror, the man who captured the previously invincible Constantinople, to show your opponents in the Anachronism arena that there is no glory that you cannot attain.