君士坦丁堡的建立通常标志着古代晚期的肇始,这段时期社会和文化上的变化与城市的转变紧紧交织在一起,古代晚期的城市是传统希腊罗马城市的持续,但在很多方面又有别于后者,明显打上了古代晚期的时代烙印。帝国的行政管理、军事需求、社会和商业等因素塑造了这个阶段的城市,赋予了其典型的时代特色。对于这些变化,历史学家和考古学家长期以来一直认同城市衰弱的理论,虽然存在不小的地区差异,但城市的衰弱是当时地中海大范围内重要的社会特征,不过近些年学者对这段时期城市的变化提出了新的解释,考古发现也证明了当时存在不少繁荣的城市定居点,这表明古代晚期城市的状况远比原来所设想的要复杂,衰弱还是转型?这仍然有待进一步的探讨。 The establishment of Constantinople usually marked the beginning of the late ancient period, during which social and cultural changes were closely intertwined with the transformation of the cities. The cities of the late ancient period were the continuations of the traditional Greek-Roman cities, but in many respects Again different from the latter, marked marked by the brandishing of the late ancient mark. Empire administration, military needs, social and commercial factors shaped this stage of the city, giving its typical characteristics of the times. For these changes, historians and archaeologists have long recognized the theory of urban decline, and although there are not so many regional differences, the urban decline was an important social feature of the time in the wider Mediterranean. However, in recent years, Urban changes during the period suggested new explanations, and archaeological discoveries also proved that there were quite a few prosperous urban settlements at that time, suggesting that the situation in the late ancient cities was far more complex, weaker or still in transition than originally thought? This remains to be seen Discussion.