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.

Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imperial Rome	6
Roman Imperial period	4
Romans	4
High Roman Empire	3
Early Roman Empire	2
Principate	2
Ancient Rome	1
Eastern Roman Empire	1
Imperium Romanorum	1
Imperium Romanum	1
Imperium Romanum Occidentale	1
Imperium Romanum Orientale	1
Roman Empire (with reduced importance)	1
Roman Empire during Caligula’s reign	1
Roman Empire period	1

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 (661)

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

Iazyges → adversaryOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Avidius Cassius → allegiance → Roman Empire ⓘ

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste → allegiance → Roman Empire ⓘ

Galba → allegiance → Roman Empire ⓘ

Maximian → allegiance → Roman Empire ⓘ

Praetorian Guard → allegiance → Roman Empire ⓘ

Saint George of Lydda → allegiance → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Cappadocia → alliedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of the Bosporus → alliedWith → 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

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → annexedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nabataean kingdom → annexedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman law → appliedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocletian's Tetrarchy → appliesTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Edict of Milan → appliesTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Edict of Toleration by Galerius → appliesTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Rule of Four → appliesTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Christianization of the Roman Empire → appliesToJurisdiction → Roman Empire ⓘ

Principate → appliesToJurisdiction → Roman Empire ⓘ

pontifex maximus → appliesToJurisdiction → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocletian's price edict → appliesToTerritory → Roman Empire ⓘ

John → associatedEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: John of Patmos

Ahenobarbus → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Campus Martius → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Caput Mundi → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Germanic peoples → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Imperator → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Isis-Serapis → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Latins → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Marrucini → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman fasces → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Saint Helena of Constantinople → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Tomb of the Flavians → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

forum of Dougga → associatedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Archaeological Site of Carthage → associatedWithCivilization → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sebaste → associatedWithEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

Archaeological Site of Carthage → associatedWithReconstructionBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Battle of the Granua → belligerent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Galilean campaign of Vespasian → belligerent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → belligerent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Cassius Dio → birthEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

Justin Martyr → birthEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ambrose of Milan → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Augustine of Hippo → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Basil of Caesarea → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantinus Magnus → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocletian → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ