# A new capital and court ceremonial raise fiscal extraction on cities already taxed Date: 330 ## The fact The 324–337 building of [Constantinople](/people/bartholomew-i-of-constantinople), churches, and a larger sacral court sat on the same tax machine as the late empire’s urban levies. It is one event. ## Context A gold solidus can stabilize (improving). A new Rome can also be a second court to feed. Split coinage. This stores the inequality of who paid for the dedication. [Constantine the Great](/people/constantine-the-great)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death. Later sources complain of building costs and the chrysargyron associated with the later fourth century. Constantine’s solidus also sits on an improving monetary row. Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row. ## Evidence and sources Cambridge and Britannica independently describe the cost of the new capital; they do not supply a Factrail tax table. Official or archival record: Cambridge Ancient History (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-ancient-history/; Cambridge University Press). ## Significance A second imperial city funded by urban taxes is an inequality path of medium confidence. Tax is not Jewish legal disabilities. Split those codes. A second imperial city funded by urban taxes is an inequality path of medium confidence. ## What is established and what is not Established: a new capital was built from 324–330 on imperial revenues. Not established: a unique poverty series for 330. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Constantine the Great. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes. They are not a public rating. ## People - Constantine the Great: https://factrail.ai/people/constantine-the-great ## Drivers - Income Inequality: https://factrail.ai/drivers/income-inequality ## Sources - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantine-I-Roman-emperor - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-ancient-history/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/co-fiscal-extraction-new-capital