In 330, Constantine moved the seat of the Empire to Constantinople<span>, which he founded as a second Rome on the site of Byzantium, a city strategically located on the trade routes between Europe and Asia and between the </span>Mediterranean<span> and the Black Sea.</span>
The result was a rout by the confederate forces, forcing Lee to retreat from the field of battle because the division under General Pickett was the best and most rested of Lee's forces