Roman Empire

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ancient civilization historical empire state

The Roman Empire was a vast and influential ancient civilization that dominated the Mediterranean world and much of Europe for centuries, profoundly shaping law, politics, culture, and religion in Western history.

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All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
Roman Empire canonical 2,948
Imperial Rome 38
Roman Imperial period 25

Statements (97)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
state ⓘ
administrativeDivision province ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperium Romanorum

Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperium Romanum

Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperium Romanum Occidentale

Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperium Romanum Orientale
border Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
Limes Germanicus ⓘ
capital Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Rome ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
culturalLegacy Byzantine culture ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Romance languages ⓘ
civil law tradition ⓘ
currency aureus ⓘ
denarius ⓘ
solidus ⓘ
economicActivity Mediterranean trade ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
endTime 1453 AD ⓘ
476 AD ⓘ
endTimeNote 1453 AD for Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) ⓘ
476 AD for Western Roman Empire ⓘ
firstEmperor Augustus ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
foundingEvent Battle of Actium ⓘ
constitutional settlement of 27 BC ⓘ
governmentForm autocracy ⓘ
dominate ⓘ
principate ⓘ
keyEvent Edict of Milan ⓘ
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD ⓘ
Sack of Rome 410 AD ⓘ
Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ
keyReform Constantine's foundation of Constantinople ⓘ
Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
lastEasternEmperor Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
lastWesternEmperor Romulus Augustulus ⓘ
legalSystem Roman law ⓘ
legislativeBody Roman Senate ⓘ
majorConflict Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
Gothic War ⓘ
Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
Punic Wars ⓘ
majorRiver Danube ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
Tiber ⓘ
militaryUnit Roman legion ⓘ
auxiliaries ⓘ
notableBuilding Colosseum ⓘ
Forum Romanum ⓘ
Pantheon ⓘ
notableEmperor Augustus ⓘ
Caligula ⓘ
Claudius ⓘ
Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great

Diocletian ⓘ
Hadrian ⓘ
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
Nero ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ
notableInfrastructure Roman roads ⓘ
amphitheatres ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ
notableLegalWork Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
officialReligionDeclared Christianity as state religion under Theodosius I ⓘ
peakTerritorialExtentUnder Trajan ⓘ
precededBy Roman Republic ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman polytheism ⓘ
startTime 27 BC ⓘ
symbol Roman Senate ⓘ
surface form: SPQR

eagle standard ⓘ
territoryIncludes Asia Minor ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britannia

Egypt ⓘ
France ⓘ
surface form: Gaul

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3,055)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → originatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Latin alphabet → originatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Rome
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → historicalOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
Jesus Christ → countryOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ
Europe → hasHistoricalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperium Romanum
Roman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperium Romanorum
Roman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperium Romanum Occidentale
Roman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperium Romanum Orientale
ichthys → historicalPeriodOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Ichthys
Mediterranean Sea → wasCentralTo → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman destruction of the Second Temple → combatant → Roman Empire ⓘ
Vulgar Latin → usedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
North Africa → historicalRegionOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Tunisia → historicalCivilization → Roman Empire ⓘ
Judea → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Golgotha → governedByAtTimeOfEvent → Roman Empire ⓘ
Romance languages → developedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Orange → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romans
Roman law → appliedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Rome → wasCapitalOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Lower Egypt → laterUnderControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pontius Pilate → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pontius Pilate → employer → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pontius Pilate → ethnicGroup → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romans
Memphis → laterControl → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)
Balkans → historicallyRuledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Augustus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → rulingPower → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic → followedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Romulus Augustulus → motherEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Senate → continuedInPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Senate → ceremonialRoleInPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Principate
Hadrian's Wall → constructedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman roads → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman roads → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman roads → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Colosseum → symbolOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman legion → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman legion → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Diocletian's Tetrarchy → appliesTo → Roman Empire ⓘ
Edict of Milan → appliesTo → Roman Empire ⓘ
Latin → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Bath, Somerset, England → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romans
Claudius → ruledAsEmperor → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Claudius → hasHistoricalUsage → Roman Empire ⓘ
Leptis Magna → developedUnder → Roman Empire ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea → location → Roman Empire ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea → country → Roman Empire ⓘ