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Content: In spite of Constantine's reforms, the empire continued to decline. In 330 C.E., Constantine moved the capital from a failing Rome to a new city in the east—the Greek city of Byzantium (buh ZAN tee uhm) in present-day Turkey. This city became known as Constantinople (kahn stan tuh • NOH • puhl). After Constantine died a few years later, Theodosius, (THEE • uh • DOH shuhs) took power in Constantinople. A giant's foot? No, it is actually a replica ora foot from a statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine The original 30-foot (91-m) statue created in the 300s C.E. once stood in a public building in the Roman Forum. INTEGRATING VISUAL INFORMATION What does the existence of this statue tell you about how the Romans viewed Constantine? In the late 300s C.E., the Huns entered Eastern Europe. Fearing a Hun attack, one Germanic tribe, the Visigoths (VIH • zuh • gahths), asked the Roman government for protection. The Romans let them settle just inside the empire's border.