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After ten years of civil war, where did Constantine establish the capital of the Eastern empire

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In 330 A.D., Roman Emperor Constantine I chose Byzantium as the site of a “New Rome” with an eponymous capital city, Constantinople. Five years earlier, at the Council of Nicaea, Constantine had established Christianity—once an obscure Jewish sect—as Rome's official religion.Aug 24, 2010
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