Byzantium was locate don the Bosporus strait and connected the sea of Marmara and the black sea, making it a natural crossroads for trade. This made the empire rich.
AD. 330
Constantine I moved the capital of the eastern part of the empire from Nicomedia (in northwestern Turkey) to the nearby Byzantium which was redeveloped and renamed Constantinople. The capital of the western part of the empire was Milan.
Constatine the second moved the new capital to the greek city of byzantium
Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, and later became the Ottoman capital Istanbul.
Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium which he rebuilt and renamed Constantinople after himself.
No, Emperor Augustus did not move the capital to Byzantium; he established Rome as the capital of the Roman Empire. It was his successor, Emperor Constantine the Great, who moved the capital to Byzantium in 330 AD and renamed it Constantinople. Augustus focused on consolidating and expanding the empire during his reign, laying the groundwork for future developments.
Constantine did not move the imperial capital form Rome to Byzantium. Rome had already ceased to be the capital when his predecessor, Diocletian, designated Nicomedia (in north-western Turkey) as the imperial capital of the eastern part of the empire and Milan (in Italy) as the imperial capital of the western part of the empire. Constantine redeveloped Byzantium and renamed it. It became Constantinople (City of Constantine). It was inaugurated in 330.
Milan is the capital city of Italy.
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.
Byzantium
Constantine the Great designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped it and renamed it Constantinople (City of Constantine). Contrary from it is sometimes though, he did not move the capital from Rome. Rome had already ceased to be the imperial capital under Constantine's predecessor, Diocletian, who designated Nicomedia (in north-western Turkey, not far from Byzantium) as the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and Milan (in northern Italy) as the imperial capital of the western part of the empire.
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