What was Constantine's primary motivation in moving the capital to Byzantium?

AIt was a strategic site which linked the western empire with the increasingly wealthy east
BIt made it easier to protect the vast empire with a more centralized capital city
CHe wanted to build a new city to honor the Christian God, as he had just converted to Christianity
DThe city of Rome had been sacked by the Visigoths and it was too expensive to rebuild on that site

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31-01-2016
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What was Constantine's primary motivation in moving the capital to Byzantium?

AIt was a strategic site which linked the western empire with the increasingly wealthy east
BIt made it easier to protect the vast empire with a more centralized capital city
CHe wanted to build a new city to honor the Christian God, as he had just converted to Christianity
DThe city of Rome had been sacked by the Visigoths and it was too expensive to rebuild on that site

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HistoryGuy HistoryGuy · Answer 1 · 2016-02-03T21:38:34-05:00

HistoryGuy HistoryGuy

03-02-2016

Constantine's primary motivation in moving the capital to Byzantium was that "a. It was a strategic site which linked the western empire with the increasingly wealthy east," since this was located directly between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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