What statement about why Emperor Constantine choose Byzantium as his new capital is not true?

a. It lay at the crossroads of several major land and sea trade routes.

b. It was the hottest city in the rapidly growing Christian region.

c. Its location made it easier to defend than the city of Rome.

d. It was an agriculturally rich region and had room to expand.

The NOT TRUE item:

b. It was the hottest city in the rapidly growing Christian region.

Additional details about the establishment of Constantinople:

Constantine built his new capital city to resemble "Old Rome." Constantine made his own capital city in monumental fashion, but wanted to give it also the prestige and aura of the Roman Empire. The building of Constantinople took several years, and Constantine modeled it after Rome, with government buildings designed in Roman style.

The existing city of Byzantium was the place Constantine built up and renamed after himself as Constantinople. (That's why the Eastern Roman Empire often is referred to as the Byzantine Empire.)

Today, Istanbul is the name of the city that was once Byzantium and then Constantinople.