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Moved his capital to the prosperous and what is now turkey naming it constantinople in his own honor. after that the empire split into an eastern and western. eastern roman empire also known as byzantium and did until the fifteenth century constantinople was the second row home to more than half a million people who call themselves. romance. the byzantine emperor saw themselves as descendants of caesar and augustus while its patriarch was head of the orthodox christians. constantinople also became the repository of ancient wisdom. big scholars with leading figures in every field. hand. the rom...
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