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The standard strategic explanation is that Constantinople was chosen because Rome was easy to overrun, the empire's wealth and center of gravity were in the east, and Persia was the main competitor.
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The standard strategic explanation is that Constantinople was chosen because Rome was easy to overrun, the empire's wealth and center of gravity were in the east, and Persia was the main competitor.
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"Again, they themselves did not call themselves the Byzantines. It's what later historians call them. So the man who makes this transition... Who basically..."
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"there were others as well who did the same thing, who were extremely successful in the provinces. Okay. And they took their military and..."
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"And so by moving to Constantinople, it allows the emperor to most easily and most directly respond to the threat of the Persians. Okay...."
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Byzantium survives for a thousand years because it solves Rome's political problem.
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