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Why did the roman empire mover there capital from rome to greek city?
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The Romans did not move the capital from Rome to a Greek city.
In 286 the emperor Diocletian created a co-emperorship with himself in charge of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and Maximian in charge of the western part to strengthen control over the empire because he realised that at that time one man could not rule the empire on his own. He also established Nicomedia (in northwestern turkey) as the imperial capital of the eastern part and Milan (in northern Italy) as the imperial capital of the western part. Both cities were much closer to the frontiers of the empire which needed to be defended than Rome. Rome became the nominal capital of the empire.
In 330 Constantine the Great moved the capital of the eastern part of the empire from Nicomedia to the nearby Greek city Byzantium, which he redeveloped and renamed Constantinople. It is not clear why he did so. One reason was most probably personal Propaganda. Developing Byzantium into a new capital for the eastern part of the Roman Empire meant that this city was associated to him and symbolised the new dawn for the empire that his rule would usher in. Constantinople meant "The City of Constantine" and city was given titles such as the Roma Constantiniana" "The New, second Rome,' 'Eastern Rome,' and 'Alma Roma. The city was also in a location which was easy to defend and, like Nicomedia, it was of the route between Europe and Asia , but it was also at the crossroad between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
In 406 the imperial capital of the western part of the Roman Empire was moved from Milan to Ravenna (also in northern Italy). Ravenna was in a location which was easier to defend than Milan.
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Was Rome a leading Greek city?
No, Rome was the capital of the roman empire
Was Gaul the Greek city that became the new capital of the roman empire?
Whoops! You seem to have your geography a little confused. Gaul was a Roman province, present day France. The Greek city that became the capital of the Roman empire was Byzantium, later called Constantinople. That is in present day Turkey.
Constantinople was the capital of what Greek Orthodox Christian Empire?
The eastern roman empire, which in modern times, is referred to as the byzantine empire and in their day as the roman empire. also the religion wasn't explicitly Greek orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy would be a better umbrella term.
What was the capital of the roman empire when it fell?
When the Roman Empire fell in no longer existed. Therefore there was not a capital of the Roman Empire any more.
Constantinople was the former capital of what?
Roman Empire
What is the name of the society that developed in the eastern roman empire after the fall of the western roman empire?
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued after the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was heavily influenced by Greek and eastern elements to the point that Latin stopped being the used as the official government language and Greek was used instead. The Byzantine culture blended Greek and Oriental artistic influences to create its own unique blend and form of art and architecture.
Why was the fall of Roman a factor int eh decline of the influence of Greek culture?
No it was not. Greek culture persisted. What fell was the western part of the Roman Empire which crumbled under the weight of the Germanic invasions. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for another 1,000 years. This part of the empire was centred on Greece and became Greek in character after it lost most of its non-Greek territories. Greek replaced Latin as the official language of this empire in 620, some 140 years after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. Because of this historians have coined the term Byzantine Empire for the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. The term Byzantine is derived from Byzantium, the Greek city which was redeveloped, turned into the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and renamed Constantinople by emperor Constantine the Great in 330. Constantinople continued to be the capital during the Byzantine period.
When the leader Constantine was leader the new capital of the roman empire was?
Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople after him (polis = city in Greek, the language of the Eastern Roman Empire).
What is the name of western capital of Roman Empire?
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After the capital of the roman empire was moved to constinople the roman empire lasted about?
After the capital of the Roman Empire was moved to Constantinople, the Empire lasted over 1000 years.
What was the capital of the eastern empire of the old roman empire?
the capital of the Eastern Empire was Constantinople
What change did Constantine make to the roman empire?
he daclared an end to all attacks on christians an he moved the capital of the empire from rome to the greek city of Byzantium
