The Founding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great

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The Pax Romana Podcast

Professor Colin Elliott

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The assassination of Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago unleashed a wild era of Roman emperors, dark conspiracies, intense battles, economic booms and busts and profound religious shifts. Was this truly the Roman Empire's golden age? On the weekly Pax Romana Podcast, Historian Colin Elliott brings gripping stories from Roman history to life. Dive into history starting in episode 1 , or pick your poison from our catalogue: the birth of the empire in the Age of Augustus, Nero's Great Fire, the rise of Christianity, the wisdom and wars of Marcus Aurelius or the military chaos of the third century AD.

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The Founding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great - The Pax Romana Podcast 86

The Pax Romana Podcast

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The Founding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great - The Pax Romana Podcast 86

In AD 330, Constantine the Great established Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire--transforming his empire, and the world. Constantine built a cultural and economic powerhouse, and a city associated with Christendom. It was a city that, depending on your perspective, helped usher in the end of the Roman Empire, or perhaps aided its preservation. Why did Constantine pick the site of Constantinople? How did he develop the city? How did Constantine's new Christian identity articulate itself in the new capital?

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