Question

at least 3 reasons why the Byzantium region was an idea location to build a new capital for the Roman empire.

Answer 1

Answer:

There are three good reasons:

- 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.

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