CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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What emperor moved the capital from the failing city of Rome in the west to the city of Byzantium in the East?
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Diocletian
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Constantine
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Trajan
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Caesar Augustus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -After defeating his rival Licinius to become sole emperor of the Roman Empire in 324 A.D., Constantine I decided to establish a new capital at Byzantium called “Nova Roma”-New Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reference no. In 324, after the Western and Eastern Roman Empires were reunited, the ancient city of Byzantium was selected to serve as the new capital of the Roman Empire, and the city was renamed Nova Roma, or “New Rome", by Emperor Constantine the Great.
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