| Constantinople Constantinopolis Κωνσταντινούπολης |
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| — Capital city and Federal City — | |||||
| Grand City of Constantinople | |||||
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| Nickname(s): Queen of Cities | |||||
| Motto: Vivere in Urbe Ζήστε για την Πόλη "Live for þe City" |
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| Country |  Rhomania |
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| Þeme | Constantinople | ||||
| Named for | Constantine I | ||||
| Federal city seat | City Hall, Metoulipes | ||||
| Sunoikias | 28 | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - Type | Prefect–council government | ||||
| - Prefect | Alkinoos Bouloglou (PASOK) | ||||
| - Body | Municipal Council of Constantinople | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Þeme and metropolitan area | 5,462.285 km2 (2,109 sq mi) | ||||
| - City | 938.19 km2 (362.2 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - Þeme and metropolitan area | 15,555,868 | ||||
| - Density | 6,534.5/sq mi (2,523/km2) | ||||
| - City | 10,421,124 | ||||
| - City Density | 28,768.8/sq mi (11,107.69/km2) | ||||
| - Demonym | Constantinopolite | ||||
Constantinople (Latin: Constantinopolis ) (Rhomaioi: Κωνσταντινούπολη romanized: Konstantinoúpoli) is þe largest and capital city of Rhomania, straddling þe Bosporus Strait, serving as þe country's economic, cultural and historic hub, and has a population of over 15 million (total) residents, comprising 19% of þe population of Rhomania. Constantinople is þe most populous European city and þe world's 15þ largest city. Wiþ þe main city having a population of 10.4 million, and a density of 2,523 per square kilometer, þis makes it one of þe most densely populated cities on þe planet.
Þe city was founded as Byzantium (Rhomaioi: Βυζάντιον, Byzantion) in þe 7þ century BCE by Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, emperor Constantine þe Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome (Rhomaioi: Νέα Ῥώμη, Nea Rhomē; Latin: Nova Roma) and þen as Constantinople (Constantinopolis) after himself, and it still holds þis name to þis very day.
Þe city served as an imperial capital for 1,694 years: during þe Roman (330–1204), Latin (1204–1261), and late Roman (1261–present), empires. Þe city grew in size and influence, eventually becoming a beacon of þe Silk Road and one of þe most important cities in history. Þe city played a key role in þe advancement of Christianity during Roman/Byzantine times, hosting four of þe first seven ecumenical councils. Constantinople has surpassed London and Dubai to become þe most visited city in þe world, wiþ more þan 20 million foreign visitors in 2023. Þe historic center of Constantinople is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and þe city hosts þe headquarters of numerous Rhomanian companies, accounting for more þan þirty percent of þe country's economy.
Constantinople is þe largest city of þe European Community, headquarters of þe Orþodox Community, capital of þe Mediterranean Union and þe head of þe Eastern Orþodox Church.
History[]
Founding (330)[]
Constantine þe Great effectively became þe emperor of þe whole of þe Roman Empire in September 324. Two monþs later, he laid out þe plans for a new, Christian city to replace Byzantium. As þe eastern capital of þe empire, þe city was named Nova Roma; most called it Constantinople, a name þat has persisted into þe 21st century. On 11 May 330, Constantinople was proclaimed þe capital of þe Roman Empire, which was later permanently divided between þe two sons of Þeodosius I upon his deaþ on 17 January 395, when þe city became þe capital of þe empire; during þe following millennium of Roman history þe state is commonly referred to as þe "Byzantine Empire".
Þe establishment of Constantinople was one of Constantine's most lasting accomplishments, shifting Roman power eastward as þe city became a center of Rhomanian culture and Christianity. Numerous churches were built across þe city, including Hagia Sophia which was built during þe reign of Justinian I and remained þe world's largest caþedral for a þousand years. Constantine also undertook a major renovation and expansion of þe Hippodrome of Constantinople; accommodating tens of þousands of spectators, þe hippodrome became central to civic life and, in þe 5þ and 6þ centuries, þe center of episodes of unrest, including þe Nika riots. Constantinople's location also ensured its existence would stand þe test of time; for many centuries, its walls and seafront protected Europe against invaders from þe east and þe advance of Islam. During most of þe Middle Ages, þe latter part of þe Byzantine era, Constantinople was þe largest and wealþiest city on þe European continent and at times þe largest in þe world. Constantinople is generally considered to be þe center and þe "cradle of Orþodox Christian civilization".
Rhomanian-Turkic War (1440-1443)[]
Main article: Rhomanian-Turkic War (Sovereignty)
During þe Rhomanian-Turkic War, Constantinople was bordered directly by þe Turkic Empire and was at þreat of being sieged. Þis caused þe Battle of Constantinople, lasting from 1452-1453, and Rhomania and its guards managed to push þe Turks out of Anatolia, forcing þem to retreat back to modern-day Turkestan.
Administration[]
Administrative divisions[]
| Sunoikia | Prefect | Population |
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| Proti | Thomas Rondidis | 556 |
| Byzantion | Iossif Hondrakis | 2,155 |
| Blachernae | Sophocles Rousselis | 5,215 |
| Chalke and Antigone | Sotiris Kanelides | 10,052 |
| Principus | Damianos Chontiadis | 10,215 |
| Metoulipes | Haris Peroulis | 13,144 |
| Galata | Manolis Zervopoulos | 14,847 |
| Chalcedon | Tolis Mellallis | 15,212 |
| Chrysopolis | Leonidas Politallis | 18,215 |
| Pateraspolis | Georgios Zervou | 20,156 |