CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Adrianople
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Byzantium
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Constantinople
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Rome
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Detailed explanation-1: -Byzantium took on the name of Kōnstantinoupolis ("city of Constantine “, Constantinople) after its refoundation under Roman emperor Constantine I, who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 and designated his new capital officially as Nova Roma ( ) ‘New Rome’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Istanbul, Turkish İstanbul, formerly Constantinople, ancient Byzantium, largest city and principal seaport of Turkey. It was the capital of both the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -Up until the year 330 Istanbul was known as Byzantium, and then until 1453 Constantinople. Its current name of Istanbul only came into being on the 28th March 1930. Istanbul was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and later of the Ottoman Empire.