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Byzantium (now renamed as Nova Roma which eventually became Constantinopolis, i.e. The City of Constantine) was officially proclaimed the new capital of the Roman Empire in 330. At the end of his reign in 337, Constantine declared his three sons as joint heirs of the Roman Empire in a system of co-emperorship. [25]
Apr 9, 2013 · In 330 CE, Constantine consecrated the Empire's new capital, a city which would one day bear the emperor's name. Constantinople would become the economic and cultural hub of the east and the center of both Greek classics and Christian ideals.
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Oct 24, 2021 · But exactly when did Constantinople change its name to Istanbul? The answer, surprisingly, isn't when the former Roman city was captured by Ottoman forces in 1453.
Apr 15, 2024 · Constantinople was a strategically placed city that controlled the passage between Asia and Europe along the Silk Road. It was the capital of the Roman Empire from 330 AD, when Emperor Constantine the Great dedicated the city, and later the Byzantine Empire until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
As the centuries passed—the Christian empire lasted 1,130 years—Constantinople, seat of empire, was to become as important as the empire itself; in the end, although the territories had virtually shrunk away, the capital endured.
Dec 6, 2021 · Construction began late in 324 CE, and the 'new' city was inaugurated at a great ceremony in the Hippodrome in 330 CE. Much still remained to be completed, and building works were continuing at the time of Constantine's death seven years later, but the speed with which the new capital was conceived and created is impressive all the same.
Before and after. The 1453 Siege of Constantinople (painted 1499) The city was originally founded in the early days of Greek colonial expansion, when in 667 B.C.E. the legendary Byzas established it with a group of citizens from the town of Megara. This city was named Byzantium (Greek: Βυζάντιον) after its founder.
