Church of the Holy Sepulcher
312-637 BCE
The Roman city, Aelia Capitalia, replaced Jerusalem. In 285 CE, Emperor Diocletian splits the administration of the Roman Empire between West and East, instituting a tetrarchy. With the division of power, Constantine the Great came to power using christianity to unite his kingdom. Helena, Constantine's mother also had a hand in the reign, to which she built churches.
The construction of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher became the new axis mundi, the Temple Mount was no longer the center. Then comes Julian, "The Apostate", 361-363, in which his first project is rebuilding the temple. Justinian expands Jerusalem and builds the Nea Chruch. The Nea Church is thought to be Solomon's Temple. Perhaps Justinian was rebuilding a structure to commemorate the earlier shrine.
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