Constantine dedicates his new capital on the Bosporus; the New Rome becomes the seat of the eastern church and empire for a thousand years.
Tagged: Christian Eastern Orthodox
The Event
- Date
- 330 (exact)
- Era
- Patristic; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Constantinople; today Istanbul
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Eastern Orthodox
- Key figures
- Constantine
Primary Sources
- Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History 1
- Zosimus, New History
Secondary Sources
- Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, vols. 1–5 (Chicago, 1971–1989)
Provenance: HIST-0014; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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