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Soon, Constantine erected a new capital at [[Byzantium]], a strategically-placed city on the Bosporus. He renamed his new capital ''Nova Roma'' ("New Rome"), but the city would become known as [[Constantinople]]. The [[Second Ecumenical Council]], held at the new capital in 381, now elevated the see of Constantinople itself, to a position ahead of the other chief metropolitan sees, except that of Rome.<ref>"The Bishop of Constantinople, however, shall have the prerogative of honour after the Bishop of Rome; because Constantinople is New Rome" (Second Ecumenical Council, [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.ix.viii.iv.html Canon III])</ref> Mentioning in particular the provinces of Asia, Pontus and Thrace, it decreed that the synod of each province should manage the ecclesiastical affairs of that province alone, except for the privileges already recognized for Alexandria and Antioch.<ref>"Let the Bishop of Alexandria, according to the canons, alone administer the affairs of Egypt; and let the bishops of the East manage the East alone, the privileges of the Church in Antioch, which are mentioned in the canons of Nice, being preserved; and let the bishops of the Asian Diocese administer the Asian affairs only; and the Pontic bishops only Pontic matters; and the Thracian bishops only Thracian affairs" (Second Ecumenical Council, [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.ix.viii.iii.html Canon II])</ref>