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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.
1. Constantinople-the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul.agia Sofia, Hagia Sophia, Santa Sofia, Santa Sophia-a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century.