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.

Moesia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Naissus, in the Roman province of Moesia (modern Niš, Serbia) → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Naissus

Naissus → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nicomedia (traditionally) → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicomedia

Noricum → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Numidia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ostia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pamphylia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pannonia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Philippi → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Phrygia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pompeii → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Principate → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Raetia → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Rhegion → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman army → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sabratha → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Salona → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Severan dynasty → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sirmium → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Spalatum → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Temple of Venus and Roma → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Thagaste → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Thessaly → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Thrace → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Valentia Edetanorum → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → partOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nola → partOfHistoricalEntity → Roman Empire ⓘ

Thracians → partlyRomanized → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ephesus → peakPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period

Rostra → period → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pausanias’ Description of Greece → periodDescribed → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period

House of the Vestal Virgins → periodOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman Forum → periodOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

Manichaeism → persecutedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocletianic Persecution → place → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantina → placeOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Fausta → placeOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lucius Verus → placeOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Tacitus → placeOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dionysian Mysteries → practicedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Manichaeism → practicedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → precededBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → precededBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman eagle → prominentIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula) → realm → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Empire during Caligula’s reign

Batavi tribe → rebelledAgainst → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

School of Edessa → region → Roman Empire ⓘ

Plotinus → regionOfActivity → Roman Empire ⓘ