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

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Podcast: [The Pax Romana Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386)
Published: 2025-07-31T04:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paxromanapodcast/episodes/The-Founding-of-Constantinople-by-Constantine-the-Great---The-Pax-Romana-Podcast-86-e368g78
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Duration seconds: 1394

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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? Donate: ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WZTWCMWCJJYFC⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ProfCPE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Professor Elliott's newest book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

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