CONSTANTINOPLE

the former name of Istanbul, a seaport in northwest Turkey. Constantinople was the seat of the Byzantine Empire, a surviving portion of the earlier Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was also called the Eastern Roman Empire. —ESTO - Handling Personnel, Part I Approved Glossary

the former name of Istanbul, a seaport in northwest Turkey. Constantinople was the seat of the Byzantine Empire, a surviving portion of the earlier Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was also called the Eastern Roman Empire. Make him say, "Constantinople" fifty times.

the former name of Istanbul, a seaport in northwest Turkey. Constantinople was the seat of the Byzantine Empire, a surviving portion of the earlier Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was also called the Eastern Roman Empire. Make him say, "Constantinople" fifty times.

the former name of Istanbul, a seaport in northwest Turkey. Constantinople was the seat of the Byzantine Empire, a surviving portion of the earlier Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was also called the Eastern Roman Empire.the former name of Istanbul, a seaport in northwest Turkey. Constantinople was founded in a.d. 330 as the seat of the Byzantine Empire (also called the Eastern Roman Empire), a surviving portion of the earlier Roman Empire.the former name of Istanbul; in 330, the Roman Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople and the city became the center of eastern Christianity. The year 1054 is generally considered the split between the Eastern and Western churches. The two churches had been drifting apart for hundreds of years before the final split. But Rome split off and went back to Constantinople, and we had then the Constantinople branch of this church.