> I heard a group of about 40,000 went with to Constantinople from Rome when Constantine made it the new capital.
Wasnt this from around the empire? And since it was voluntary migration, most of those migrans were opportunist or who had nothing and wanted to start from a fresh plate.
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> I heard a group of about 40,000 went with to Constantinople from Rome when Constantine made it the new capital.
Wasnt this from around the empire? And since it was voluntary migration, most of those migrans were opportunist or who had nothing and wanted to start from a fresh plate.