Why Did Constantine Create a New Capital City

question 75

Multiple Choice

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

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