WORLD HISTORY

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: -In 324, Emperor Constantine the Great defeated Byzantium’s emperor and took over the city, renaming it New Rome and making it the center of his Byzantine Empire before later changing the name to Constantinople.

Detailed explanation-3: -Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD, is the one who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople in 330 AD.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 330 AD Constantine established a new capital of the Roman Empire. He built it on the location of the ancient city of Byzantium. The city was named Constantinople after Emperor Constantine. Constantinople would later become capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also called the Byzantine Empire.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 324, Emperor Constantine officially moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to the city of Byzantium and named it Constantinople, after himself. This event sparked more than a millennium of history infused with Greek culture, Roman state organization, and Christianity.