<p>What does an ambitious emperor do when he has beaten all his rivals.  How about found a city to bear his own name and to be the new capital of the empire?  That is what Constantine did anyway.</p>

What does an ambitious emperor do when he has beaten all his rivals. How about found a city to bear his own name and to be the new capital of the empire? That is what Constantine did anyway.

<p>What does an ambitious emperor do when he has beaten all his rivals. &nbsp;How about found a city to bear his own name and to be the new capital of the empire? &nbsp;That is what Constantine did anyway.</p>

Constantinople

I am a professional scientist, but in my spare time I read history books and I review them.  I am mainly working through Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire at the moment, but will slip in a few other titbits from time to time.  I normally get a show out every Thursday.

History

I am a professional scientist, but in my spare time I read history books and I review them. I am mainly working through Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire at the moment, but will slip in a few other titbits from time to time. I normally get a show out every Thursday.

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