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Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Byzantine/Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople around 330 AD. He felt that Rome was an unsatisfactory capital. Rome was too far from the frontiers. Constantinople provided easy trade and military access to the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Danube River, Dnieper River, and the land route to Turkestan and India.

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Constantine built his new capital at Byzantium because of its strategic location.

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Constantine built his new capital at Byzantium because of its strategic location.

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What did the Romans call the capital they founded?

The capital city of the Romans, founded by Remus and Romulus at 753 BCE until 330 AD was Roma/ Rome. New Rome, former Port city of Byzantium, was build by Constantine I the Great as the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire which later was renamed as Constantinople a name that survived until 1923. Roma remained as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire until its fall at 479 AD. Currently Rome/ Roma is one of the two capital cities that are known with their name and were always inhabited for the last 3000 years along with Athens Greece.


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· The construction of the old Basilica of St Peter's was begun by Constantine the Great between 319 and 333. · Christianity was not actually legalised. It was not given a legal status until 380 in the Edict of Thesalonica by co-emperors Gratian, Theodosius I and Valenitinian II. · Constantine was not the first emperor to decree the toleration of Christianity. The first emperor to do this was Galerius in the Edict of Toleration by Galerius of 311. In this he granted toleration, which meant that the Christians were given freedom to worship and the right to live safely (i.e., not to be persecuted). · Co-emperors Constantine the Great and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313. This reiterated the toleration of Christianity and extended it to all religions. · The old Basilica of St Peter's no longer exists. It decayed due to neglect. The stones of its ruins were used to build the new Basilica of St Peter's in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.


Where did Kublai Khan build his capital city?

According to Coleridge's poem, "In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn a stately pleasure dome decree / Where Alf the scared river ran / Past canyons measureless to man / Down to the sunless see."

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What current capital city did Constantine build?

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What new capital city did constatine build?

Constantine built the city of Constantinople as the new capital.


What new capital did Constantine build for the empire and why did he build it where he did?

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What new capital did Constantine build?

Nova Roma later renamed Constantinople http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople


Did Constantine build the Hippodrome?

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What new capital city did Constantine build?

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How did emperor Constantine establish the Byzantine empire?

Constantine the Great designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped and renamed it Constantinople, after himself - Constantinople means city of Constantine. However, this did not lead to the beginning of the Byzantine Empire. In fact, the Byzantine Empire did not actually exist. This is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of this empire and which became popular in the 19th century. The people in question did not know this term and called their empire Roman Empire. Therefore, it would be more appropriate to talk of a "Byzantine" period. This started about a century later.


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What new city did emperor co Constantine build?

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What year did Constantine I build Constantinople?

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What effect did Constantine movement of the roman capital have?

Constantine the Great moved the capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from Nicodemia (in northwestern Turkey) to nearby Byzantium, which he redeveloped and turned it into the capital of this part of the empire in 330 and renamed it Constantinople. Emperor Diocletian had created two imperial capitals in 286. Nicomedia was turned to the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and was his seat. Milan, in Italy, was turned into the imperial capital of the western part of the Roman Empire and was the seat of Diocletian's co-emperor, Maximian. Diocletian created a co-emperorship to improve the defence of the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire which were under constant attack. He designated the mentioned cities as imperial capitals because they were closer to the frontiers to be defended than Rome. Rome became only the nominal capital of the whole empire. Co-emperorship in itself was nothing new. It had occurred several times previously. Constantine started as a co-emperor under the arrangement created by Diocletian. When he became sole emperor after winning two civil wars, he decided to move the capital of the eastern part of the empire. The creation of a new capital for the east in itself was not a massive change, because this part of the empire already had a capital. It is not clear exactly why he did this. One thing which is quite certain is that it was at least partly a Propaganda exercise. Constantine was good at propaganda. He even created a fictitious ancestry from a previous emperor. A new capital built by him was a showcase of the new dawn for the Roman Empire which his sole rule would usher in. The city was named after him (Constantinople means city of Constantine) and was given honorary titles such as "Roma Constantiniana," "The Eastern Rome" the "New, Second Rome" and "Alma Roma." It has been suggested that Constantine wanted to build a Christian capital, but this is doubtful. It is not even sure whether he actually converted to Christianity He supported Christianity, and promoted its development, but continued to worship the Apollo-Sun god and asked both pagans and Christians to observe the day of the sun, which was devoted to this god. He also remained the head of the Roman state religion. It is said that he got baptised before his death, but this is not absolutely certain. He built important churches in Constantinople (the Church of the Holy Apostles and the Hagia Eirene) and elsewhere: The old Basilica of St Peter's in Rome (centuries later in fell in disrepair and was replaced by the current one) the Papal Archbasilica of St John's Lateran (which was Rome's cathedral and the original residence of the popes) and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem,