Why did Constantine create a new capital city?
a. To keep a closer eye on the church.
b. The barbarians were overrunning western Europe and it was more prudent to retreat.
c. The sources necessary for economic and population support were located in the East.
d. The location of Constantinople was much easier to defend than Rome.
e. So he could build an entirely Christian city with new churches, untainted by polytheism.
c
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