Was Constantinople more impressive than Rome?

🔴 YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL? 🔴 🤗 Join our Patreon community:   / maiorianus   Or become an official Maiorianus member on YouTube:    / maiorianus461   In this video, we are going to pose the ultimate question of ancient cities: Which city was more impressive in its prime, Rome or Constantinople? The old Rome or the new Rome? 🤗 One-Time Donation? PayPal: https://paypal.me/Maiorianus Bitcoin: bc1qv4lsfsplvfecrrgvmfclhga28we7mvh9563xdj 🔗 Share the video with anyone who might be interested (it helps a ton!) 👍 Subscribe to our videos FOR FREE: https://www.youtube.com/c/Maiorianus4... Main sources for this video: Studies on Constantinople by Cyril A. Mango: https://amzn.to/35MjHHA Two Romes Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity by Lucy Grig, Gavin Kelly: https://amzn.to/366uuwb 📚 One of our favorite books about the Fall of the Roman Empire, "The Fall of Rome" by Bryan Ward-Perkins: https://amzn.to/3FXeDNg The wonderful background music is by Adrian von Ziegler:    • Relaxing Roman Music - Aetas Romana   🎦 FILMING EQUIPMENT WE USE: 🎦 Webcam: https://amzn.to/3yFSFvu Microphone: https://amzn.to/3e2ZFsW Disclosures: Some links in the description are affiliate links which means that if you purchase something by clicking on one of them, your host Sebastian will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. In this way you will be supporting the channel to improve the video production quality at no extra cost to you. 📬 Contact us: [email protected] #Maiorianus