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

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.

Trajan's Forum → timePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Aksumite Empire → tradePartner → Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Meroë → tradedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ
Capua → underAuthorityOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Herodian → underAuthorityOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Herodian period → underAuthorityOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Chalcedon → underControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Clazomenae → underControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Lampsacus → underControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Lixus → underControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Miletus → underControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Iberia → underInfluenceOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Palestinian Jews → underOccupation → Roman Empire ⓘ
Catana → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Ionia → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Judea → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydda
Perge → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Selinus in Cilicia → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Syene → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Tarsus → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Teos → underRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Perea → underSuzeraintyOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Aalen Roman fort → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Misenum → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Forum → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman legion → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman roads → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Temple of Saturn → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
pontifex maximus → usedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Julian calendar → usedHistoricallyIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Caesar → usedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Caesar (imperial title)
Popular Latin → usedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Vulgar Latin → usedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Isis → veneratedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Rome → wasCapitalOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea → wasCentralTo → Roman Empire ⓘ
Tripolitania → wasControlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Annaba → wasImportantCityIn → Roman Empire ⓘ
Alexandria, Egypt → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Arcadia → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Attica → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Este → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Feodosia → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Lesbos → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Levant region → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Salonika → wasPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ