When did the us begin to extend its influence in latin america

With the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
   

Adave chapelle show

The founder of the byzantine  empire  and its first  emperor,  constantine  the great,  movedthe  capital of the roman empire  to the city of byzantium in 330 ce, and renamed it  constantinople.  constantine  the great also legalized christianity, which had previously been persecuted in the  roman empire.