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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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.

Comitia Tributa → lostImportanceUnder → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dacian Wars → mainBelligerent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Germanic wars → mainBelligerent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → mainBelligerent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Great Illyrian Revolt → mainParticipants → Roman Empire ⓘ

Forum Magnum → mainPeriodOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

Romulus Augustulus → motherEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

Zosimus' "New History" → narrativeFocus → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: New History

Cornelius the centurion → nationalContext → Roman Empire ⓘ

Iazyges → neighborOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Germania → neverFullyIncorporatedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Vulcanalia → observedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Simon bar Kokhba → operatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ballomar → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Costoboci → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Eleazar ben Ya'ir → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Marcomanni → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Palmyrene Empire → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Simon bar Giora → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Simon bar Kokhba → opponent → Roman Empire ⓘ

Battle of Carnuntum → opponentOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → opponentOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Zealots → opposedTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Christianity → originatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Latin alphabet → originatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Rome

Iazyges → paidTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Herodian dynasty → parentOrganization → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julius Nepos → parentState → Roman Empire ⓘ

Antonine Wall → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Apollonia (port of Cyrene) → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Arausio → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Argentoratum → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Arianzum → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Aspendos → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Baiae → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Britannia (Roman province) → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Byzantium → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Caesarea in Cappadocia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Chalcedon → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Comana Pontica → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Cyrene → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Demetrias → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dominate → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

El Jem Amphitheatre → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ephesus → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Galatia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Gaul → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Illyricum → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Italica → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kyrenaïkē → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kyrenaikē