Title: Why did Constantine leave Rome?
Headings: Why did Constantine leave Rome?
Asked by: Janire Campanha
Why did Constantine leave Rome?

Content: In the year 330 CE, the Emperor Constantine decided to move the seat of the government from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople. The founding of Constantinople led to it becoming the focal point of the Silk Trade Routes and to Istanbul becoming a major city in the world. Rome became a small city. Why did Constantine split the empire? Realizing that the Roman Empire was too large for one man to adequately rule, Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) split the empire into two, creating a tetrachy or rule of four. While he ruled the east from Nicomedia as an “augustus” with Galerius as his “caesar,” Maximian and Constantius the Pale ruled the west.