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The Shadow of Constantinople: the New Rome and the Old from Constantine to Constans II
Mark Humphries 
D. Burgersdijk, F. Gerritsen, & W. Waal (eds), Constantinople Through the Ages
Swansea University Author:
Mark Humphries
Abstract
Most studies of the relationship between Constantinople and Rome focus on how the new city developed in ways that imitated the old, by examining topographical similarities and the development of institutions (both secular and ecclesiastical) that brought the two cities to some degree of parity. Yet...
| Published in: | D. Burgersdijk, F. Gerritsen, & W. Waal (eds), Constantinople Through the Ages |
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Leiden
Brill
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64291 |
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Most studies of the relationship between Constantinople and Rome focus on how the new city developed in ways that imitated the old, by examining topographical similarities and the development of institutions (both secular and ecclesiastical) that brought the two cities to some degree of parity. Yet increasingly from the last decades of the fourth century, it was Constantinople rather than Rome that served as the preferred base for emperors and their administrations; indeed, it was already the case under the Constantinian and Theodosian dynasties that emperors who visited Rome usually had prior experience of Constantinople. The aim of this chapter is to present an analysis that reverses the usual understanding of the relationship between the two capitals between the fourth century and the seventh. It explores both how Constantinople provided a model for imperial deportment that was applied to Rome, and how this impacted upon the development of historical memory in the eastern capital. |
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College of Arts and Humanities |