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Why did constantine seek to establish a new capital city in the east, which he dubbed new rome?

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Constantine sought to establish a new center in the east to serve as an administrative and economic center. Constantinople sat at the heart of sea routes which facilitated trade. It was fortified and secure which facilitated prosperity and made it the capital of the Byzantine empire

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