Constantinople

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoupolis) is the capital of the Roman Empire, its most populous city, and the largest settlement in Europe. Constantinople has been a seat of power for a millenium and a half- prior to this, it existed as first an independent Greek city state, Byzantium, and then a Roman Imperial dependency. Refounded in 324 by Constantine the Great, it has been the primary city of Roman civilisation ever since. The city is governed by the Senate of Constantinople, headed by an Eparch.