Byzantium was established as a strategic capital for the Roman Empire in 324 AD to provide a more secure and defensible location against barbarian invasions threatening the Western Empire.
In 324 the Roman Emperor Constantine was very
concerned about the barbarian invasions, which
were literally at the gates of Rome. So
Constantine moved the Empire’s capital to a little
known Greek colony called Byzance.
As the Western Empire fell apart and disappeared in 476, the Eastern
Empire based in Byzance Constantinople survived until 1453. Byzance
became the great city of Constantinople.
The Eastern Empire or Byzantium founded a rich culture based on the
Greek traditions and Christianity. Byzantium has also left us its own story
thanks to one of its greatest writers, The greatest of Byzantine writers was
the historian Anna Comnena, the daughter of the emperor Alexius.
Under what circumstances was Byzantium established?
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