Nova Roma

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Nova Roma was the official name given to the refounded city of Byzantium when it became the new capital of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine, later widely known as Constantinople.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city name
historical city name
appliedBy Constantine the Great NERFINISHED
Roman imperial administration
appliedTo refounded city of Byzantium
associatedWithCouncil Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
First Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED
capitalOf Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
country Roman Empire
dateOfDedicationAsCapital 330
era Late Antiquity
foundedAsCapitalBy Constantine the Great NERFINISHED
founderDynasty Constantinian dynasty NERFINISHED
founderTitle Roman emperor
hadInstitution Hippodrome of Constantinople NERFINISHED
Imperial palace of Constantinople NERFINISHED
Senate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latin NERFINISHED
laterCommonName City of Constantine NERFINISHED
Constantinople NERFINISHED
laterModernName Istanbul NERFINISHED
laterNameInOttomanPeriod Kostantiniyye NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Istanbul NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDayCountry Turkey NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Thrace NERFINISHED
locatedNear Golden Horn NERFINISHED
Sea of Marmara NERFINISHED
locatedOn Bosporus NERFINISHED
European side of the Bosporus
locatedOnContinent Europe
nameMeaning New Rome NERFINISHED
officialNameOf Byzantium NERFINISHED
Constantinople NERFINISHED
New Rome NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Late Roman Empire NERFINISHED
patriarchalSeeOf Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
previousName Byzantium NERFINISHED
recognizedAsSecondRomeBy Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Ecumenical councils NERFINISHED
refoundedFrom Byzantium NERFINISHED
religiousRole center of Eastern Orthodox Church
status imperial capital
political center of the Roman Empire
religious center of Eastern Christianity
successorTo Rome as imperial capital

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Constantinople (probable) foundedAs Nova Roma
subject surface form: Constantinople