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After the 1595 sack of Patras, the Ottoman sultan considered exterminating the Christians of Constantinople, eventually expelling unmarried Greeks from the city. What was so vile about the sack of Patras, why did the sultan decide against extermination, and why specifically expel unmarried Greeks?

by /u/AndaliteBandit- in /r/AskHistorians

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