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.

Chi-Rho monogram → regionOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

Flavius → regionOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocletian → regionRuled → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantius II → reignedOver → Roman Empire ⓘ

Gallic Empire → reintegratedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hatra → resistedSiegeBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sasanian Empire → rival → Roman Empire ⓘ

Claudius → ruledAsEmperor → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Byblos → ruledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sidon → ruledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Tyre → ruledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Emperor Gordian III → ruledOver → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → rulingPower → Roman Empire ⓘ

Gallic Empire → separatedFrom → Roman Empire ⓘ

Batavi tribe → servedUnder → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

Gladiator → setInPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

De Ira Dei → setting → Roman Empire ⓘ

The Life of Flavius Josephus → setting → Roman Empire ⓘ

I, Claudius → settingPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Capua → significantPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → significantPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata" → significantPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Herculaneum

Teatro Romano di Trieste → significantPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

The Life of Flavius Josephus → subject → Roman Empire ⓘ

Iazyges → subjectTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of the Bosporus → subordinateTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hellenistic period → succeededBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Palmyrene Empire → successor → Roman Empire ⓘ

Colosseum → symbolOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Baiae → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Bantia → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Bruttii → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Claudian gens → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dii Consentes → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Herculaneum → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Illyricum → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julius → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Latin → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Misenum → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ostia → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Rome

Popular Latin → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman army → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman eagle → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman fasces → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman religion → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman roads → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Saalburg Roman fort → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sermo Vulgaris → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Temple of Castor and Pollux → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman fort Traiectum → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Traiectum