The Roman emperors favoured the city from the first moments , seeing it as a more suitable capital for the eastern part of the empire than Alexandria could be , because of the isolated position of Egypt .
The Romans both felt and expressed boundless contempt for the hybrid Antiochenes ; but their emperors favoured the city from the first , seeing in it a more suitable capital for the eastern part of the empire than Alexandria could ever be , because of the isolated position of Egypt .