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Constantine the Great moved his capitol to the new city of Constantinople, which he named after himself. It was founded on the site of the old city of Byzantium. Constantinople is now known as Istanbul and is largest city in modern Turkey. Constantinople was the capital of the eastern part of the empire. The capital of the western part was Milan.

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Where did Constantine move his capital to?

Byzantium


Who moved the capital city to Byzantium?

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Where did Constantine move the empires capital to?

Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople. Constantinople wasnot the capital of the whole empire. it was the capital of the eastern part of the empire. Constantine moved the capital of the east from Nicomedia (in northwestern Turkey) to Constantinople. The imperial capital of the western part was Milan. Rome was the nominal capital of the whole empire.


Where did Constantine move the capital city?

in Constantinople


What year did Constantine move the capital to byzantium?

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.


What year did Constantine move the empires capital to Byzantium?

Constantine the Great consecrated Nova Roma, later named Konstantinoupolis, as the new capital of the Roman Empire on the site of Byzantium after 6 years of building, in 330 CE.


Who moved to Rome?

No one. Rome is still where it has always been. Constantine the Great did move the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople.


What city of rome did Constantine move the capital out of to move to byzantium?

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.


Where did Constantine move romes captial?

Constantine did not move Constantinople. He founded it. The designated the city of Byzantium (in Greece) as his imperial capital, redeveloped it and renamed it Constantinople after himself (it means City of Constantine).


What did the emperor Constantine do to the capital of Rome?

Constantine the Great did not do anything to the capital of Rome. He create a new capital for the Roman Empire. He designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped, renamed it after himself (Constantinople, which means City of Constantine) and inaugurated it in 300.


In what year did Constantine move the capital of rome to byzantium?

AD. 330


What emperor moved the capital of Rome to the city of 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.