Constantine the Great built his imperial capital on the eastern tip of north-eastern Greece. He redeveloped Byzantium and renamed after himself: Constantinople, which means City of Constantine. Rome had already ceased to be the capital of the empire under Diocletian, his predecessor. Diocletian created the tetrarchy (rule by four) in which the empire was rules by two senior emperors ans two junior ones. The also created an imperial seat for each emperor. These were Nicomedia (modern Iztmit, in north-western Turkey), Mediolanum (Milan, in northern Italy), (Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, near Belgrade, Serbia), and Augusta Trevorum (Triers, in south-western Germany .
In actual fact, Constantine shifted his capital slightly to the west. Constantinople was 60 miles to the west of Nicomedia, which had been the imperial seat of Diocletian.
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Rome was the traditional capital of the western Roman Empire, but it had been moved occasionally to Ravenna and Milan.
After the reign of Constantine I, Constantinople became the capital of the eastern pert of the Roman Empire. Mediolanum (Milan, in northern Italy) became the capital of the western part of the empire. Milan had been designated as the capital of the west by Diocletian (Constantine's predecessor) who had also designated Nicomedia as the capital of the east. Constantinople replaced Nicomedia as the capital of the east. The capital of the western part of the empire was moved to Ravenna (also in northern Italy) in 402.
The emperor Constantine I (or the Great) did not move the imperial capital of the roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium. He moved the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from Nicomedia (in north-western Turkey) to the nearby Byzantium, which he redeveloped and renamed after himself -- Constantinople (City of Constantine). Milan remained the imperial capital of the western part of the empire.Nicomedia and Milan had been designated as the imperial capitals of the east and west respectively by the emperor Diocletian. Rome had already ceased to be the imperial capital before Constantine.
The capital of the Roman Empire was Rome until 284. In that year the emperor Diocletian created a co-emperorship with himself in charge of the eastern part of the empire and Maximian in charge of the western part. He also designated also an imperial capital for the eastern part of the empire, which was Nicomedia (in northwestern Turkey), and an imperial capital for the western part, which was Milan (in northern Italy). The emperor Constantine I moved the capital of the eastern part to the nearby Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (present day Istanbul). The capital of the western part was moved to Ravenna (also in northern Italy) in 402.
After the capital of the Roman Empire was moved to Constantinople, the Empire lasted over 1000 years.
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It was probably Rome, the capital of Italy now. By Hanna
Rome was the traditional capital of the western Roman Empire, but it had been moved occasionally to Ravenna and Milan.
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Rome was the traditional capital of the western Roman Empire, but it had been moved occasionally to Ravenna and Milan.
Constantine the great built an new capital in the Eastern Roman Empire. He moved the capital form Nicomedia (in northwestern Turkey) to Constantinople.