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Question: why did the western half of the empire keep changing locations of it's capital after the 4th century? Better trade routes up north perhaps, but any other reasons in addition?
Well how often did it change? Wasn't it only like three or four times? My guess as to why it changed was because the western empire kept being divided.
Well, isn't three or four times a lot? I guess it seems to me that Rome had the infrastructure and glorious past, yet it decreased in focus during the 4th and 5th centuries. I realize that the Constantine's departure for Constantinople had something to do with this as well.
The Western capital was secondary so the Romans didn't give it the attention it did to Constantinople. The West was still “frontier” in their eyes.
