When Constantine attempted to set up "New Rome", he
succeeded in making a new political center in the East, unified by the
Christian religion.
To add, New Rome<span> was a name
given by the </span>Roman
Emperor Constantine
the Great<span> <span>in 330 AD
to his new imperial capital at the city on the European coast of the </span></span>Bosporus<span> <span>strait.
Constantine modeled the city after Rome rebuilt it on a monumental scale.<span> </span></span></span>