On May 11 in 300 A.D., Constantinople (Konstantinoupolis, Nova Roma, Byzantium, Stamboul, or nowadays Istanbul) became the capital of the Roman Empire, which it stayed for around a thousand years (under the assumption that you view the eventual Fall of Rome as a mere reduction in size, and not an end to the Roman Empire, with the Eastern half being spun off into a different venture, now called the Byzantine Empire).
Constantinople was both the largest and the richest city of its time, and known for its impenetrable defenses that withstood all attacks over the centuries. By the 12th century, the relationship between Western and Eastern Christianity had descended into open hatred, culminating in the massacre of some ten thousand Roman Catholic Constantinople residents in 1182, as well as conflict during and after the Third Crusade. It was only during the Fourth Crusade, which allegedly required around a quarter of Venice's population to merely man the fleet required to ferry the crusaders, that the city was brutally plundered for its many riches in 1204, and afterwards grossly mismanaged during the Catholic period of the Latin Empire (1204-1261).
In 1261 the Byzantines eventually recaptured their city, but weren't much of a major power anymore before eventually succumbing to the Ottomans in 1453.
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On May 11 in 300 A.D., Constantinople (Konstantinoupolis, Nova Roma, Byzantium, Stamboul, or nowadays Istanbul) became the capital of the Roman Empire, which it stayed for around a thousand years (under the assumption that you view the eventual Fall of Rome as a mere reduction in size, and not an end to the Roman Empire, with the Eastern half being spun off into a different venture, now called the Byzantine Empire).
The city was named after and dedicated to Emperor Constantine, who arguably was a Christian and is famous for replacing persecution with tolerance in 313. In 325, he presided over the Council of Nicea, where it was decided that God the Father and the Son of God are the same, after two months of hot-headed debate.
Constantinople was both the largest and the richest city of its time, and known for its impenetrable defenses that withstood all attacks over the centuries. By the 12th century, the relationship between Western and Eastern Christianity had descended into open hatred, culminating in the massacre of some ten thousand Roman Catholic Constantinople residents in 1182, as well as conflict during and after the Third Crusade. It was only during the Fourth Crusade, which allegedly required around a quarter of Venice's population to merely man the fleet required to ferry the crusaders, that the city was brutally plundered for its many riches in 1204, and afterwards grossly mismanaged during the Catholic period of the Latin Empire (1204-1261).
In 1261 the Byzantines eventually recaptured their city, but weren't much of a major power anymore before eventually succumbing to the Ottomans in 1453.
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