Constantine I the Great11 May 330
Constantinople becomes a 2nd Rome in an effort to unite the east & west of the Empire. Byzantium is renamed Constantinople & made the Christian capital
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Constantinople becomes a 2nd Rome in an effort to unite the east & west of the Empire. Byzantium is renamed Constantinople & made the Christian capital
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