Question

What was the effect of the founding of Constantinople?

1. It divided the Roman Empire into the East and the West.
2. It exhausted the military resources of the Roman Empire.
3. It challenged the authority of the Roman emperors.
4. It boosted international trade for the Roman Empire.

Answer 1

we are learning this in class right now, I am pretty sure that the answer is 4 because Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and this was in the middle of Asia and Europe on a peninsula which made a lot of trade easy

Answer 2

It divided the Roman Empire into the East and the West.

Step-by-step explanation:

When Constantinople was founded it started the beginning of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.