Constantinople Should Have Known Better

Emperor Constantine of Rome founded Constantinople in 325 AD. Having converted to Christianity, but with Roman Senators not amenable to institution of civil laws that reflect Christian principles in Rome, with founding of Constantinople, Emperor Constantine founded the Eastern Roman Empire in 325 AD.

Many Christians relocated with Constantine to regions of Constantinople. Constantinople would become the center of the Byzantine Empire and Civilization, a civilization within which inclusive of peasant farmers, the notion of freedom was not an artifice for deception, was a promise actively maintained and pursued by civil government.

But Constantinople would not only be associated with spiritual and economic freedoms. Rather, it also would become a center for intellectual achievements. In this respect, consider the following quote from the history books.

“All these developments point to the continuous encouragement of scholarship by the state and the church in Byzantium. The Imperial College of Constantinople, which probably dated from the time of Constantine, trained students in philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, law, and medicine and was used to train aspirants to the civil bureaucracy. The School of the Patriarch provided instruction in theology and other sacred subjects. In both, the classics, going back to the Greeks, was…