- Byzantium was going to be a new power center well suited for the control of the eastern territories of the Roman Empire that had become so vast.
- The location was strategic: a point midway between Europe and Asia, and the control of the Bosphorus Strait, the way communicating the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
- Byzantium was going to be the end tradepoint of the Silk Road that connected Asia and Europe in the trade of species and other valued products at the time.
- We could add another good reason, which is the proximity to the holy places of Christianity in Jerusalem.
The president cant do all of these things 1. declare war 2. pass laws 3. veto a bill over the majority of congress 4. overturn past supreme court decisions
