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The Eastern Roman Empire capital of Byzantium received a name change after a famous emperor's death The new name became what?
Byzantium was an ancient Greek city which under Roman rule become Romanised. The emperor Constantine the Great designated it as the imperial capital. He had it redeveloped and he renamed it after himself: Constantinople, which means City of Constantine. This new name was already in use during his lifetime. After Constantine, Constantinople became the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire. After his death Milan, which had been designated as the imperial capital of the western part of the empire by his predecessor (Diocletian), resumed its role as the capital of the western part.
Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The use of the name Constantinople continued. However, the Turks also called it Istanbul. With the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1922, Istanbul became the sole name of this city.
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FranIt has been said that Constantine the Great, who had designated Byzantium s his imperial capital, renamed it Roma Nova (New Rome) and that after his death the people called it Constantinople (City of Constantine) in his honour and that the name stuck. However, there is evidence that it was Constantine who chose the name Constantinople and that the city was given a number of honorary titles: 'The New, Second Rome,' 'Eastern Rome,' 'Alma Roma,' and 'Roma Constantinopolitana.'
Constantinethe Great moved the Capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from Nicomedia (in northwestern Turkey) to the nearby Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople in 330 BC. Some historians think that Byzantium was renamedConstantinoplerightformthe time of its foundation by Constantine himself; that is, while was stillalive.
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Roman capital in 324 a.d. formally byzantium?
constantinople
What city is known as new rome?
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