How the emperor Constantine doomed the Western Roman Empire.

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The emperor Constantine is normally portrayed quite positively, because he was the first Christian emperor, and because he founded the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople, which would for a thousand years be a bulwark for the defence of Europe against the invading armies of the islamic Caliphate. However, the success of the Eastern Roman Empire, was built upon the doom of the Western Roman Empire. Constantine, by shifting all imperial power to the East, severely weakened the Western Roman Empire. The Western Roman Empire was never intended to work as a separate entity, and the division between East and West, was a very uneven one. The Eastern Roman Empire basically got the better, richer provinces and the better, more secure geography. Sure, the splitting of the empire was a trend that was begun even earlier, after the crisis of the 3rd century, but Constantine made this division much more pronounced, by establishing Constantinople as the new capital. This shifting of the power base to the East allowed the Eastern Roman Empire to survive, and Constantinople to become a 1000 year lasting bulwark, but that was done by weakening the Western Roman Empire, which would ultimately lead to its fall already 120 years after Constantine's death.