Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 15, 2020 18:55:39 GMT
It was amazing that it took Constantine the Great to see the true value of the site. Cities had been there before but it was such an obvious place for an important city. Strategically placed and easily defended. One look at the topography of the Golden Horn and it's obvious. Ancient Byzantium was a big city but never a provincial capital. Diocletian put his capital at Nicomedia, so close to the Bosporus