Nova Roma

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Nova Roma was the official name given to the refounded city of Byzantium when it became the new capital of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine, later widely known as Constantinople.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nova Roma canonical 4
New Rome 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city name ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ
appliedBy Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

Roman imperial administration ⓘ
appliedTo refounded city of Byzantium ⓘ
associatedWithCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
capitalOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Roman Empire ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfDedicationAsCapital 330 ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
foundedAsCapitalBy Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I
founderDynasty Constantinian dynasty ⓘ
founderTitle Roman emperor ⓘ
hadInstitution Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ
Imperial palace of Constantinople ⓘ
Senate of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Senate
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
laterCommonName City of Constantine ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
laterModernName Istanbul ⓘ
laterNameInOttomanPeriod Kostantiniyye ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Istanbul ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayCountry Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion Thrace ⓘ
locatedNear Golden Horn ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
locatedOn Bosporus ⓘ
European side of the Bosporus ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
nameMeaning New Rome ⓘ
linked to: Nova Roma
officialNameOf Byzantium ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
New Rome ⓘ
linked to: Nova Roma
partOf Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
patriarchalSeeOf Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
previousName Byzantium ⓘ
recognizedAsSecondRomeBy Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Ecumenical councils ⓘ
refoundedFrom Byzantium ⓘ
religiousRole center of Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
status imperial capital ⓘ
political center of the Roman Empire ⓘ
religious center of Eastern Christianity ⓘ
successorTo Rome as imperial capital ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constantinople → foundedAs → Nova Roma ⓘ
subject linked to: Constantinople (probable)
Nova Roma → officialNameOf → New Rome ⓘ
linked to: Nova Roma
Nova Roma → nameMeaning → New Rome ⓘ
linked to: Nova Roma
Magma → homeFictionalLocation → Nova Roma ⓘ
Magma → baseOfOperations → Nova Roma ⓘ