Which city was located within the Eastern Roman Empire?
History · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Constantinople was the capital city located within the Eastern Roman Empire. Originally founded as Byzantium, it was refounded by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD and named after him. Situated on the Bosporus strait, it was strategically placed bridging Europe and Asia. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire, often referred to as the Byzantine Empire, continued to thrive with Constantinople as its capital until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.