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Constantinople: Black Death
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Constantinople is one of the most populous city in Asia, and its cultural and financial center. Located on both sides of the Bosphorus, the narrow strait between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, Constantinople truly bridges Asia and Europe both literally and figuratively. Constantinople's population is variously estimated between 11 and 17 million people, making it ... one of the largest cities in Europe.
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After Maximus had been condemned, Meletius, bishop of Antioch, appointed Gregory of Nazianzus as the lawful bishop of Constantinople and at first presided over the council. Then on Meletius' sudden death, Gregory took charge of the council up to the arrival of Acholius, who was to table Pope Damasus' demands: namely, that Maximus should be expelled as an interloper, and that the translation of bishops should be avoided. But when Timothy, bishop of Alexandria, arrived he declared Gregory's appointment invalid. Gregory resigned the episcopacy and Nectarius, after baptism and consecration, was installed as bishop and presided over the council until its closure.
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If he left one problem behind at his death it was the ever growing hostilities within two factions of Constantinople itself. The Church of Constantinople was deeply divided into the orthodox and the monophysites. This divide, which literally split Constantinople's population into two feuding camps, was continued in the sporting arena of the Hippodrome (chariot racing), where the orthodox supported the 'blues' and the monophysites supported the 'greens'. Having tried to reconcile these hostile groupings, Zeno had only managed to inflame the hatred yet further.
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