Istanbul use to be known as Constantinople
The Hagia Sophia
The Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara.
Byzantium, as it was originally called by the Greeks, was renamed Constantinople, which is now Istanbul.
because they was gonna attack constinople
constantinple is now istanbul, turkey. it is located on the bosphorus river/canal, separation Asia and Europe. the river connects the black sea and the mediterreanean. so i guess there are two sides of the city
It was a strategic move of the capital of the roman empire from rome to constinople. The high walls lasted from lots of invasions.
You mean constantinople, it is now Instubul and it's absolute location is 41degrees North and 29degrees East.
Constantinople was not taken by the Arabs. It was taken by the Ottoman Turks who established the Ottoman Empire
Because of their location (rich) became the worlds greatest cities it became strong because of the huge wall
it persecuted them them with diocletian, but constanine made the edict of milan and moved the capital to bzyanmtium aka constinople which were major por-christianity moves
After the capital of the Roman Empire was moved to Constantinople, the Empire lasted over 1000 years.