Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val1.6.30

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[30] In commemoration of his splendid victory Constantine called Byzantium Constantinople after his own name; and as if it were his native city, he adorned it with great magnificence and wished to make it equal to Rome. Then he sought out new citizens for it from every quarter,¹ and lavished such wealth on the city, that thereon he all but exhausted the imperial fortunes. There he also established a senate² of the second rank, the members of which had the title of clari.³

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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[30] Constantinus autem ex se¹ Byzantium Constantinopolim nuncupavit ob insignis victoriae memoriam.² Quam velut patriam cultu decoravit ingenti et Romae desideravit aequari: deinde quaesitis ei undique civibus divitias multas largitus est, ut prope in ea omnes regias³ facultates exhauriret. Ibi etiam senatum constituit secundi ordinis; claros vocavit.

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1. Hieronymus says that he nearly depopulated the other cities of the empire.

2. According to Zos. iii. 2, Julian established a senate at Constantinople; see Amm. xxii. 9, 2, and cf. Paneg. Lat. xi. 24 (

Gratiarum actio Juliana), cum Senatui non solum veterem reddideris dignitatem, sed plurimum etiam novi honoris adieceris.

3. The Roman senators were clarissimi.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val1.6.30

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