Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10870829-20130717030243/@comment-116.251.133.48-20140421104728

TalikvaxElexios wrote: having a rival just makes you more impressive.

and I would say constantinople was its equal.

and the fact that they overcame those threats proves how great they were. constantinople is the captial of the east side of the roman empire then became a sepearte empire when the huns and the visgoth etc. took west side.