Title: What are the reasons why Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople? - Quora
Headings: What are the reasons why Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople?
What are the reasons why Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople?
Content: Why did Constantine found Constantinople? Constantine’s decision to found Constantinople as a new imperial capital, although it proved to be of great importance, wasn’t an unprecedented step. It was rather the culmination of a process that had began much earlier. By Constantine’s time, Rome had long ceased to be the center of the Roman Empire. The challenges faced by Rome in the third century, which included barbarian offensives on the Rhine and Danube fronts, a resurgent Persian Empire (Sassanid Dynasty) in the East and revolts by ambitious military commanders, meant that the Roman Emperors had to spend much of their time away from Ro
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Constantine’s decision to found Constantinople as a new imperial capital, although it proved to be of great importance, wasn’t an unprecedented step. It was rather the culmination of a process that had began much earlier. By Constantine’s time, Rome had long ceased to be the center of the Roman Empire. The challenges faced by Rome in the third century, which included barbarian offensives on the Rhine and Danube fronts, a resurgent Persian Empire (Sassanid Dynasty) in the East and revolts by ambitious military commanders, meant that the Roman Emperors had to spend much of their time away from Rome, campaigning and defending the Empire from the various challenges it faced. The Emperors needed as their centers of operations cities that were close to the frontiers. This process was hastened by the administrative division of the Empire during the Tetrarchy ( Rule of Four ).