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When Milan was the capital of the west, it surpassed Rome in importance because the imperial court was there. Christianity was made the state religion of the empire with the Edict of Milan. Two fathers of the Catholic church worked in Milan.
In 330 CE, Constantine consecrated the Empireâs new capital, a city which would one day bear the emperorâs name. Constantinople would become the economic and cultural hub of the east and the center of both Greek classics and Christian ideals. Its importance would take on new meaning with Alaricâs invasion of Rome in 410 CE and the eventual fall of the city to Odoacer in 476 CE.