New Rome

New Rome was the original name given by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great to his new imperial capital in AD 330, which was built as an expansion of the city of Byzantium on the European coast of the Bosporus strait. The city was founded as Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) by Megarian colonists in 657 BC. It was renamed by Constantine the Great first as "New Rome" (Nova Roma) during the official dedication of the city as the new Roman capital in AD 330, which he soon afterwards changed to Constantinople (Constantinopolis). The city was officially renamed as Istanbul in the 20th century, after the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923.

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