Ancient Rome · TURNING POINT ·
Founding of Constantinople (330)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Constantinople founded”
11 May 330 — A new Rome on the Bosporus: peninsula, harbor, and the junction of Europe and Asia. The best-defended city in the world will not fall for 1,123 years.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Diocletian and Constantine (chapter 9 of Ancient Rome)
- Atlas
- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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